The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 02/09/2024

Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers who are either a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) or have been verified as credible by MBFC. Further, we review each fact check for accuracy before publishing. We fact-check the fact-checkers and let you know their bias. When appropriate, we explain the rating and/or offer our own rating if we disagree with the fact-checker. (D. Van Zandt)

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

TRUE	Did He Say it? U.S. President Joe Biden said that he spoke in 2021 with former French President Francois Mitterrand, who died in 1996. Snopes.com rating: True (Correct Attribution) Did Biden Say He Met with Dead French President Francois Mitterrand? Joe Biden Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim by People’s Voice: The WHO demanded surveillance powers to monitor every person on earth. USA Today rating: False (Nope. They made it up) Claim of WHO’s surveillance power demand distorts treaty \| Fact check People’s Voice Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Jesse Watters: “We think the Earth’s warming” because “we’re literally cooking the books” with flawed temperature data. Politifact rating: False (Climate scientists know data collection site conditions can affect temperature data, and experts said they use algorithms to adjust the data accordingly. Independent groups that track temperature data around the world all report that annual global average temperatures are rising.) Jesse Watters claimed NOAA is ‘cooking the books’ to prove climate change. That’s False Jesse Watters Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: The Texas National Guard has deployed tanks to the border with Mexico. USA Today rating: False (The Texas National Guard said it is not sending tanks to the U.S. southern border. The transportation of military equipment around Fort Cavazos in Texas, where the video was taken, is routine.) False claim train of armored vehicles is headed to border \| Fact check
TRUE	Claim via Social Media: The NFL donates the losing Super Bowl team’s merchandise. WVEC rating: True (The NFL does donate the losing Super Bowl team’s merch.) Yes, the NFL donates the losing Super Bowl team’s merchandise
FALSE	(International: France): A video purports to show a recent protest led by French farmers. Logically Facts rating: False (Old video from Belgium) Old video from Belgium shared as footage of recent farmers’ protest in France

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