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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
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: “Terrorist attack confirmed” in Niagara Falls, New York.
PolitiFact rating: False (The FBI said the Nov. 22 crash had no links to terrorist activity. The case has been turned over to the Niagara Falls Police Department as a traffic investigation.) FBI said a vehicle explosion at Rainbow Bridge in New York wasn’t a terrorist attack |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Congresswoman AOC says ceasefire means that somebody sees a fire.
Lead Stories rating: False (Deepfake Video) Fact Check: Deepfake Video Of AOC Saying Ceasefire ‘Means That Somebody Sees a Fire’ Is NOT Real |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Fox News reported Deutsche Bank filed a foreclosure notice on Mar-a-Lago
USA Today rating: False (The text originated on a satirical social media account.) Claim that Fox News reported on Mar-a-Lago foreclosure started as satire | Fact check |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Video shows teacher teaching gender pronouns and being confronted by students.
PolitiFact rating: False (This clip shows a skit created by Jibrizy, an online video creator who says he makes videos to “start discussion.”) Viral video of teacher instructing students about gender pronouns is a skit, not authentic |
| FALSE | Claim by Donald Trump (R): Donald Trump claims U.S. gave Iran $6 billion in hostage deal.
Newsweek rating: False (Earlier this year, the Biden administration unfroze Iranian oil revenue held in South Korea, to be held in a Qatar bank, in exchange for five American prisoners Iran held. The money can only be used for humanitarian purposes, such as food and medicine, and requires Iran to submit requests through Qatar. No money was given directly to Iran.) Fact Check: Donald Trump Claims U.S. Gave Iran $6 Billion in Hostage Deal |
| FALSE | (International: Israel): Video shows Doctors Without Borders medic handling weapons in West Bank
AFP Fact Check rating: False Doctors Without Borders targeted by Israel-Hamas war misinformation |
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I’ve been curious to know the difference why some false items are labeled just “False” and other false items are labeled “Blatant Lie.”
False= possibly a misunderstanding of the facts or misinterpretation. It does not necessarily have bad intent.
Blatent Lie= Fake videos, made up comments, severe manipulation of data or it is inconceivable how the person or outlet could not know the Truth.
Politifact often rates Blatent Lies as False rather than Pants on Fire. We reflect that they are blatent lies when they do that.