The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 02/18/2024 (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

MISLEADING	Claim by Joe Biden (D): “We’ve now had more mass shootings in 2024 than there have been days in the year,” PolitiFact rating: Misleading (There is no legal definition of “mass shooting.” Organizations that collect this data use their own definitions. Therefore, it depends on the criteria. In some cases, he is correct, and in others, he is wrong.) Have there been more US mass shootings than days in 2024? Common statistic needs context Joe Biden Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Image shows an IRS memo stating that all tax collections since 1913 were illegal. USA Today rating: False (There is no evidence such a memo existed. The IRS has no record of it, and the text of the memo contains factual errors about the lawsuit it references.) IRS memo forged to say 16th Amendment makes taxes illegal \| Fact check
BLATANT LIE	Claim by J.D. Vance (R): “The Ukraine supplemental includes a hidden impeachment clause against President Trump” PolitiFact rating: False (He made it up as there is no mention of impeachment.) Ukraine aid bill doesn’t contain ‘a hidden impeachment clause against President Trump’
FALSE	(International: Philippines): Some areas of Davao City will be bombed on a Sunday. VERA Files rating: False (It is Sunday and no bombings.) VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE text on Davao City bomb threats circulates anew

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