The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 01/27/2024 (Weekend Edition)

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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 Tucker Carlson: “In August 2023, illegal immigration outpaced American births.” Politifact rating: False (The closest measure of accounting for migrants who illegally crossed the U.S. border is significantly lower than births recorded within the United States in August 2023.) Tucker Carlson is wrong when comparing migrants illegally entering the U.S. and U.S. births Tucker Carlson Network Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: 50000 found write in votes for Biden to give him the win in New Hampshire. Lead Stories rating: False (The write-in votes were legitimate and there there were no 50,000 such votes “found” and added by the Democratic Party.) Fact Check: 50,000+ Write-In Votes For Biden Were NOT ‘Found’ In New Hampshire
BLATANT LIE	Claim by the Gateway Pundit: Alex Soros posted a “direct violent threat to Donald Trump!” Politifact rating: Pants on Fire (Nothing in Soros’ X post or the article mentioned a threat of violence against Trump.) Did Alex Soros issue a death threat against former President Donald Trump? No, that’s Pants on Fire! Gateway Pundit Rating
FALSE	(International: China): China has ordered to sell Coca Cola as a sewage cleaning liquid. The Quint rating: False Fact-Check: Coca-Cola Will Not Be Sold as a Cleaning Liquid in China!

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