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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
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| FALSE | Claim by New York Post: “Chinese lab crafts mutant COVID-19 strain with 100% kill rate in ‘humanized’ mice”
FactCheck.org rating: False (The virus is related to the one that causes COVID-19 but did not descend from it, contrary to claims that it is a “mutant COVID-19 strain.” Nor did scientists “craft” the virus.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by thepeoplesvoice.tv: WHO Unveils ‘Global Police Force’ To Arrest Citizens Who Post Independent Media Online
Lead Stories rating: False (They made it up.) |
| FALSE | Claim by Elon Musk: The long-term goal of the so-called “Border Security” bill is to enable illegal immigrants to vote.
Media Bias Fact Check rating: False (The claim lacks evidence and contradicts the actual provisions of the border security bill and established U.S. voting laws which only allow U.S. citizens to vote in federal elections, effectively debunking the assertion that the bill aims to enable illegal immigrants to vote.) Fact Check: The “Border Security” Bill’s Alleged Goal of Enabling Illegal Immigrants to Vote |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via social media: The WEF is demanding a limit of ‘2 or 3 cups’ of coffee annually.
USA Today rating: False (Never said that.) WEF not brewing up annual ‘2 or 3 cup’ coffee limit | Fact check |
| TRUE | Claim by Tony Evers (D): “In April last year, our state unemployment rate hit a record low of 2.4%. Last year, Wisconsin had an all-time lowest number of unemployed workers ever in modern history.”
PolitiFact rating: True (Wisconsin hit its lowest unemployment rate of 2.4% in April 2023. That is the lowest unemployment rate from available U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data dating back to 1976.) Is Gov. Tony Evers right that Wisconsin’s unemployment rate hit an all-time low last year? |
| FALSE | (International: New Zealand): NZ Jobseeker benefits will fall by more than $NZ60 as part of a raft of social welfare changes to be introduced in April.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (The supposed changes are not being implemented or even considered.) |
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To anonymous 2-6-24, 9:40 am.
The unemployment, work eligible, are two different statistics. One doesn’t cancel out the other. And talk about half truths. Do you realize over 11,000 people a day retire thereby becoming part of those people that removed themselves from the work force?
It has been RepunliQuans, the right, and fake right news that have been pushing the idea of people removing themselves from the work force , and telling half truths, by not mentioning those that retire. So now you know one reason why there are more negative comments against RepubliQans.
Until Biden ran against Trump, since Bill Clinton I’ve been voting 3rd party. I only voted for him because of the rise of the right, Trump, and fake right news. The RepubliQan party is a mess.The right, fake right news are not credible, and have no integrity, which leads to more negative comments.