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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
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): Democrats “used COVID to cheat” in the 2020 election.
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (no explanation needed) States made voting by mail easier amid COVID-19 in 2020. Trump is wrong to call that cheating. |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Dr. Sebi cured Magic Johnson of HIV.
USA Today rating: False (Dr. Sebi is a known crackpot. There is no credible evidence the two men knew each other. Johnson has survived HIV due to an antiretroviral drug therapy, not any purported cure from Dr. Sebi. There is no known cure for HIV.) No, Magic Johnson wasn’t cured of HIV by self-proclaimed healer Dr. Sebi | Fact check |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Former President Donald Trump “will not be in the Nevada primary” because his team “forgot to file the paperwork.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (Trump chose to participate in the Caucus and not the Primary) Trump Chose to Compete in Nevada GOP Caucuses, Not Primary, Contrary to Online Claims |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Benny Johnson: Is Taylor Swift holding ‘Trump won’ photo real?
Newsweek rating: False (Fake) |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Twelve babies died from taking RSV drug in clinical trials.
PolitiFact rating: False (None of the deaths in the clinical trials were tied to the drug, the FDA said. The children died of other causes including COVID-19 and a fractured skull, or had underlying conditions such as lower respiratory tract infections.) Social media post misleads about children’s deaths in RSV drug clinical trials |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): Claim by Rishi Sunak: The government has got 18-week waits down by 90%.
Full Fact rating: Incorrect (18-week waits for non-emergency NHS treatment in England have risen by 4-9% since a government pledge to reduce waiting lists. The exact amount depends on which month you use as a starting point.) Rishi Sunak wrong to say 18-week waits have fallen since pledge |
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