The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 10/06/2023

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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 TRUE	Claim via Social Media: House rules prevents Trump from being House speaker. KTVB rating: Mostly True (House rules do prevent Trump from being House speaker. But they could vote to remove the rules.) House Rule 26: How it impacts Trump as speaker nominee \| ktvb.com
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Lauren Boebert (R): “Biden is giving each illegal [immigrant] family $2,200 per month.” FactCheck.org rating: False (She keeps repeating this false claim, which is still false.) Conservative Politicians, Commentators Recirculate Old Falsehood on Aid for Immigrants
MOSTLY FALSE	Claim by Ron DeSantis (R): Six million or 7 million people have “come illegally under Biden.” PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (During Joe Biden’s presidency, U.S. immigration authorities have encountered migrants about 7.2 million times at and between ports of entry. But that figure doesn’t show how many migrants entered and remained in the country. The encounter data also does not reflect expulsions. From February 2021 to May 2023, there were about 2.5 million expulsions under Title 42, a COVID-19 pandemic-era policy that allowed officials to quickly expel migrants.) Ron DeSantis exaggerates number of migrants in US illegally under President Joe Biden
FALSE	Claim by Peter McCullough: COVID-19 vaccine mRNA cannot be broken down; COVID-19 vaccines cause excess death and unprecedented blood clots Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate (Published studies point to the COVID-19 vaccine mRNA and spike protein having a limited lifespan in the body. Studies have also shown that vaccinated people don’t have a shorter life expectancy compared to unvaccinated people.) Peter McCullough makes inaccurate and misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccines at event hosted by European political party
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Katie Hobbs mysteriously stepped down as Governor. Lead Stories rating: False (Went to DC for a meeting.) Fact Check: Governor Katie Hobbs Did NOT ‘Mysteriously’ Step Down — She Left Arizona For One Night For A DC Meeting
FALSE	(International: India): Former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru sidelined former President Rajendra Prasad, so he could be the first person to sign the Constitution of India. The Quint rating: False Neta Fact-Check \| Did Nehru Sideline President Rajendra Prasad To Be the First Person to Sign the Constitution? No, Pragya Thakur’s Claim Is False

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