The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 01/16/2024

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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

MOSTLY FALSE	Claim via Social Media: In Palm Springs, California, “transgender residents to receive a monthly payment of $900.” PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (In 2023, the city government of Palm Springs, California, and two nonprofit organizations launched a small pilot, described as a “universal basic income” program, that provides eligible residents with $800 per month for 18 months. There were no requirements about age, race, sexual orientation, gender identity or other demographic qualifications for the 30 chosen universal basic income recipients.) No, a California city is not giving all transgender residents $900 a month
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): “My legal issues, every one of them, every one, civil, and the criminal ones, are all set up by Joe Biden.” FactCheck.org rating: False (No Evidence) Trump Distorts the Facts About His New York Civil Trial Donald Trump Rating
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: Bill Gates Does Funds 88% Of The WHO Budget. Lead Stories rating: False (Not That Much. Closer to 10%.) Fact Check: Bill Gates Does NOT Fund 88 Percent Of The World Health Organization Budget
TRUE	Claim by Ron DeSantis (R): “Donald Trump deported fewer people than Barack Obama did when he was president.” PolitiFact rating: True Fact-checking the 2024 Iowa debate between Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley on CNN Ron DeSantis Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): The lawyers for the New York Attorney General’s office “don’t have any evidence against us.” FactCheck.org rating: False (The judge has ruled there is “indisputable documentary evidence” that Trump filed false financial statements.) Trump Distorts the Facts About His New York Civil Trial
FALSE	(International: Philippines): House Speaker Martin Romualdez is a member of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), its armed wing New People’s Army (NPA), and political wing National Democratic Front (NDF). Rappler rating: False FACT CHECK: Martin Romualdez not affiliated with CPP-NPA

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