The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 01/28/2024 (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 Joe Biden (D): “There are a thousand billionaires now and you know what their average tax rate is? 8%.” PolitiFact rating: False (It depends on how you calculate it, but under the current tax code, the top 1% of taxpayers pay an effective tax rate of 25% on the income the government counts.) President Joe Biden distorts income tax rates for the richest Americans Joe Biden Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: In January 2024, the company behind Pabst Blue Ribbon beer stole a multimillion-dollar contract with Kid Rock from Bud Light. Snopes rating: False (Published on many conservative social media accounts, but it is satire.) Did PBR Steal ‘Multimillion-Dollar Exclusive Contract’ with Kid Rock From Bud Light?
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: There is a “Globalist Plan to Launch #DiseaseX to Install World Government.” FactCheck.org rating: False (The World Health Organization began using the term “Disease X” in a 2018 planning document to refer to a “currently unknown” illness. But since the term was used at the January meeting of the World Economic Forum, conspiracy theorists baselessly claim Disease X is part of a “Globalist Plan to … Install World Government.”) Posts Misrepresent WHO Term ‘Disease X’ for Possible Future Illness
FALSE	(International: Philippines): President Bongbong Marcos halted the signature campaign for charter change. VERA Files rating: False VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos did NOT stop signature campaign for Cha-cha

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