The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 12/10/2023 (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

MISLEADING	Claim by Ron DeSantis (R): “Nikki Haley said the other day there should be no limits on legal immigration and that corporate CEOs should set the policy on that.” Politifact rating: Misleading (Haley has not called for unlimited immigration. At a rally and in an interview with the conservative outlet Breitbart, she said legal immigration should be “based on merit” and not on an “arbitrary number.”) Fact-checking the fourth 2024 Republican presidential primary debate
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Steve Kirsch: “the COVID vaccines have killed millions of people worldwide, an estimated 1 death per 1,000 doses on average in a standard population” Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate (Willful and blatant lie: New Zealand’s excess mortality statistics contradict the claim that COVID-19 vaccines have killed one in a thousand people. Over 90% of adults in New Zealand were vaccinated in 2021, a year that actually saw negative excess mortality, or fewer deaths compared to the pre-pandemic baseline.) Steve Kirsch’s claim that New Zealand data shows COVID-19 vaccines killed millions is based on a flawed analysis Steve Kirsch Rating
MOSTLY TRUE	Claim by Katrina Shankland (D): “I have been a state legislator for 11 years, passing over 170 bills into law and delivering for Wisconsin families.” PolitiFact rating: Mostly True (A nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau memo shows 179 of 2,091 bills Katrina Shankland’s name is on have been signed into law.) Has a Wisconsin Democratic candidate for Congress passed over 170 bills into law?
FALSE	(International: Palestine): Social media users claimed that a video showed rubber dolls that were being used by Palestinians to stage infant deaths. RumorGuard rating: False (Infants have truly died during this war and there’s no evidence that these dolls were used to stage deaths.) Viral posts falsely claim Hamas is using dolls to stage infant deaths

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