The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 12/26/2023

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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

FALSE	Claim via Social Media: Migrants who enter the U.S. illegally get U.S. passports immediately after leaving a border processing center. Politifact rating: False (To get a U.S. passport, people born in other countries must first become naturalized citizens. That process typically takes years. The standard U.S. passport is blue. A maroon passport featured in a photo is likely from another country.) No, migrants aren’t being given US passports when they enter the country
FALSE	Claim by Joe Biden (D): The U.S. has the “lowest inflation rate of any major country in the world right now.” FactCheck.org rating: False (As of October, at least Italy and Canada reported lower inflation rates than the U.S.) Biden Spins the Facts in Campaign Speech Joe Biden Rating
MISLEADING	Claim by Viral post: Recent photo shows massive number of migrants at the southern border. Check Your Fact rating: Misleading (The caption is inaccurate. The photo is from 2018 under the Trump admin.) FACT CHECK: Is This A Recent Photo Of Migrants At The Southern Border?
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Jim Jordan has been disqualified from running for Congress in 2024. USA Today rating: False (There is no credible evidence that, as of December 2023, any entity with the power to disqualify Jordan from the 2024 election has done so.) False claim Jim Jordan is disqualified from 2024 election \| Fact check
FALSE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): “They want to make our Army tanks all electric.” PolitiFact rating: False (The U.S. Army released a 2022 climate strategy document that says that “fully electric tactical vehicles are still years into the future.” The Army is focusing the strategy on tactical wheeled vehicles, not tanks.) Trump said the Biden administration wants to ‘make our army tanks all electric.’ That’s False Donald Trump Rating
FALSE	(International: India): Viral text message about symptoms and severity of the XBB subvariant of COVID-19. The Quint rating: False Alarmist Post on Severity of COVID-19 XBB Subvariant Resurfaces Amid JN.1 Cases

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