The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 01/26/2024

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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 by Nikki Haley (R): Trump “actually said he wants to raise the retirement age to 70.” PolitiFact rating: False (Not his current position) Fact-checking Haley’s New Hampshire claims on fentanyl, education, Trump’s stance on retirement age Nikki Haley Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): “We had the best unemployment rates ever. And they were real unemployment, not like you have today where nobody’s working and they consider it to be.” Washington Post rating: Four Pinocchios (Blatant lie as the calculations are the same as before, during, and after his Presidency. He fully supported those same calculations when he was president, when it showed the same good numbers as today.) Analysis \| Trump says those good jobless numbers aren’t ‘real’ (they are) Donald Trump Rating
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: U.S. President Joe Biden is the only presidential candidate to win a primary election as a write-in candidate. Snopes rating: False (there were others) Biden the 1st Presidential Candidate to Win a Primary with Write-In Votes?
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Former President Trump could serve two more terms if reelected. KGW rating: False (The Constitution doesn’t allow Trump to serve two more terms. You get two terms total.) Why Trump can’t serve two more terms if reelected
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Sports journalist Mike Dickson died because of COVID-19 vaccines. PolitiFact rating: False (His wife announced the news on X. The Daily Mail newspaper, for which Dickson was a correspondent, published a story about Dickson’s death. Neither announcement contained information about the cause of death.) Claims that tennis journalist Mike Dickson died from COVID-19 vaccines are not substantiated
FALSE	(International: Philippines): The Philippine military is preparing for battle after China declared war on the Philippines. Rappler rating: False FACT CHECK: China has not declared war on PH

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