The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 02/19/2024

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	Claim by Joe Biden (D): Under Joe Biden, there are “record numbers of new Black entrepreneurs.” PolitiFact rating: True (U.S. Census Bureau and the Federal Reserve Board datasets found record levels of Black business ownership in 2021 and 2022, the most recent year available.) Has Black entrepreneurship hit a record during Joe Biden’s presidency? Joe Biden Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Candace Owens: Doctors are ‘injecting poison’ into babies every two months. Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate (Childhood vaccines have saved hundreds of thousands of lives in the U.S. alone and save millions every year globally. Describing them as poison that turns a healthy baby into a sick one contradicts the scientific evidence showing the protection that vaccines provide against illness.) Childhood vaccines are an important protection against preventable diseases, not “poison” as claimed by Candace Owens
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): Trump claims there’s never been an empty seat at his rallies. Newsweek rating: False (Footage from campaign events in January 2024, November 2023, and July 2023, show that Trump has not managed to pack out every campaign event.) Fact Check: Trump Claims There’s Never Been an Empty Seat at His Rallies Donald Trump Rating
FALSE	Claim by Mollie Hemingway (The Federalist): Jon Cornyn says if you care about securing the US border, you’re a Russian The Dispatch rating: False (Cornyn had originally been adamant that any additional funding for aid to Ukraine and Israel be paired with border and immigration reforms. “This is an opportunity for us to force the Biden administration to do what they should have been doing all along,”) Debate Over Ukraine Aid Prompts Misleading Claim Against Sen. Cornyn The Federalist Rating
FALSE	Claim by Elise Stefanik (R): Special counsel Robert Hur concluded that President Joe Biden “is mentally unfit to stand trial.” FactCheck.org rating: False (Not in the report) Republicans Distort Facts on Special Counsel Decision Not to Charge Biden
FALSE	(International: Australia): The Australian government is not being upfront about a range of COVID information. Australian Associated Press rating: False (The information in question is all in the public domain.) ‘Hidden’ COVID data is freely available online – Australian Associated Press

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