The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 01/17/2024

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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

NO EVIDENCE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): COVID-19 “came out of Wuhan, the labs,” referring to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. FactCheck.org rating: Unproven (Possibly, but no firm evidence to date.) FactChecking Trump’s Iowa Town Hall Donald Trump Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Most US temperature sensors are near airport runways. USA Today rating: False (Most U.S. temperature sensors are not positioned near airport runways, according to government agencies. Many lines of evidence, not just land-based temperature readings, show Earth is warming.) No, global warming isn’t the result of manipulated data \| Fact check
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: There’s a new illness causing lingering coughs in the U.S. KHOU rating: False (There isn’t a new coughing illness in the U.S.) Why so many people are coughing right now and what you can do
TRUE	Claim by Nikki Haley (R): Life expectancy is significantly longer today than it was when Social Security was created in the 1930s. PolitiFact rating: True (Life expectancy has risen.) Who’s right on life expectancy, Ron DeSantis or Nikki Haley? Both Nikki Haley Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social media: Oprah, Obama are among more than 160 confirmed visitors to Epstein Island USA Today rating: False (Fake) Obama, Oprah, Kimmel among names on fabricated Epstein island visitor list \| Fact check
FALSE	(International: India): A video shows the preparation of the inaugration of the Ram Temple in which twenty five thousand sacred fire pits will be used for a Hindu ritual. The Quint rating: False Unrelated Video From Varanasi Falsely Linked to Ayodhya Ram Mandir Inauguration

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