The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 01/05/2024

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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: Elon Musk developed “Cosmo Heater,” a product that would cut heating costs “to basically $0.” PolitiFact rating: False (A heating device developed by Musk, who runs companies including SpaceX and Tesla, may sound legitimate. But this product is not linked to Musk at all.) No comfort, just cold: There’s no evidence Elon Musk invented the ‘Cosmo Heater’
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Chlorine In Swimming Pools Calcifies The Pineal Gland. Lead Stories rating: False (this is news to the medical and scientific communities.) Fact Check: Pineal Gland NOT Calcified By Chlorine In Swimming Pools
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: Dr. Ben Carson endorsed CBD gummies to treat high blood pressure. Politifact rating: False (A spokesperson for Dr. Ben Carson said the retired neurosurgeon and former Housing and Urban Development secretary, has neither endorsed nor heard of the CBD product advertised in social media posts.) No, Ben Carson isn’t hawking CBD gummies to treat high blood pressure
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: exposing seeds to human saliva change their DNA structure so that there will be no disease at all when you eat those vegetables and fruits Lead Stories rating: False (Pseudoscience) Fact Check: Exposing Seeds To Human Saliva Does NOT Infuse Them With DNA
BLATANT LIE	Claim by The People’s Voice: claims Pope Francis has purportedly authorized the WEF to rewrite a ‘fact checked’ Holy Bible Check Your Fact rating: False (Fake News) FACT CHECK: No, Pope Francis Did Not Authorize The WEF To Rewrite A ‘Fact Checked’ Holy Bible People’s Voice Rating
FALSE	(International: Australia): 1609 scientists have signed a declaration stating there is no climate emergency. Australian Associated Press rating: False (The list of signatories includes lawyers, teachers, IT workers and relatively few climate scientists.) Climate list claim melts away under closer inspection

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