The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 09/23/2023 (Weekend Edition)

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Claim Codes: Red = Fact Check on a Right Claim, Blue = Fact Check on a Left Claim, Black = Not Political/Conspiracy/Pseudoscience/Other

Fact Checker bias rating Codes: Red = Right-Leaning, Green = Least Biased, Blue = Left-Leaning, Black = Unrated by MBFC

MOSTLY FALSE	Claim by Unleast Prosperity Now: “Gov. Roy Cooper is blocking a pioneering school choice bill that would give thousands of low-income parents the funds to allow their kids to get a high-quality education.” Politifact rating: Mostly False (The ad alludes to a bill that would expand North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship program. The program already provides private school tuition vouchers to lower-income families. Cooper opposes the bill but hasn’t blocked it, in part because it hasn’t come to his desk.) Attack ad exaggerates effects of school choice bill, Cooper’s opposition
BLATANT LIE	Claim by expose-news.com: COVID-19 vaccines killed 20 million people. Lead Stories rating: False (Uncorroborated) Fact Check: COVID-19 Vaccines Have NOT ‘Killed 20 Million People’ The Expose Rating
FALSE	Claim by Video: claims Hurricane Lee was purportedly geoengineered by manipulating the jet streams. Check Your Fact rating: False (There is no evidence supporting the claim.) FACT CHECK: Was Hurricane Lee Geoengineered?
FALSE	(International: New Zealand): New Zealand’s prime minister can use the Epidemic Preparedness Act to stop the election and continue his government. Australian Associated Press rating: False (The Act cannot be used to stop an election and continue a government’s tenure.) Epidemic emergency can’t stop New Zealand election

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