The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 02/10/2024 (Weekend Edition)

Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers that 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 Claim by Kamala Harris (D): Postpartum Medicaid coverage expanded from three states to 43 states because of the Biden administration.

Politifact rating: True (Today, 43 states have Medicaid coverage until 12 months postpartum.)

Fact-checking Kamala Harris: Did the Biden administration expand postpartum Medicaid coverage?

BLATANT
LIE
Claim by Curtis Sliwa via Hannity: Was Guardian Angels live TV tussle with “migrant”?

Newsweek rating: False (The man tackled in the Fox News interview is not a migrant as Guardian Angels’ founder Curtis Sliwa claimed. NYPD confirmed the person tackled by Sliwa’s “community safety” group was a New Yorker from the Bronx.)

Fact Check: Was Guardian Angels Live TV Tussle With ‘Migrant’?

Sean Hannity Rating

BLATANT
LIE
Claim by Alex Jones: Is Tucker Carlson on Ukraine “kill list” over Putin interview?

Newsweek rating: False (The list does not advocate violence toward those on it, which is part of an NGO, non-state-funded effort by Ukrainian activists to list “enemies of Ukraine.” Carlson has been listed on the site since mid-2023.

Fact Check: Is Tucker Carlson on Ukraine “kill list” over Putin interview?

Alex Jones Rating

FALSE (International: Russia): Claim by Vladimir Putin: Ukraine started the war; Russia’s goal is to stop it. Ukrainians still consider themselves Russians, what is happening is an element of a civil war. The 2014 coup d’etat in Ukraine was accomplished by the opposition with the help of CIA…and more.

POLYGRAPH.info rating: False

Putin’s Talk with Tucker Carlson… and America: A Mixture of Blunt Lies and Toxic Propaganda

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