The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 03/12/2024

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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

MOSTLY TRUE	Claim by Alejandro Mayorkas (D): “Since May of last year, we have removed or returned more individuals than in any year since 2015.” Politifact rating: Mostly True (Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is right that there have been more migrant returns and removals in the past nine months than in any single fiscal year since 2015, however, if we include Title 42 expulsions, the numbers change. ) Has Biden deported more people in nine months than in past years? Fact-checking Alejandro Mayorkas
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: A Facebook policy will begin in March 2024 that allows the company to do what it wishes with users’ photos, but this can be prevented by copying and pasting a message into a new post. Snopes.com rating: False (This is an old claim that keeps resurfacing.) New, Unprecedented Facebook Rule Appeared on TV That Allows Meta to Use Your Photos?
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: The president controls grocery prices in the U.S. WFAA rating: False (The president does not control grocery prices in the U.S.) Does the president control grocery prices? What we can VERIFY
FALSE	Claim by Shannon Thaler of New York Post: Chemical found in Cheerios, Quaker Oats may cause infertility and delayed puberty Health Feedback rating: Unsupported (A study of 96 people is insufficient for drawing broad conclusions about the general public’s exposure to a chemical like chlormequat. The study’s reported levels of chlormequat in food products were also within allowable tolerances established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Moreover, the study didn’t look at whether chlormequat levels were associated with infertility and delayed puberty; it simply measured chlormequat levels in urine samples.) Health risks associated with pesticide chlormequat on oat- and wheat-based food products require further investigation New York Post Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: There is a federal ban on collecting rainwater in the US. Lead Stories rating: False (No Federal Ban) Fact Check: US Does NOT Have Federal Ban On Collecting Rainwater
FALSE	(International: Canada): Claim by Canada Proud: Bill would jail Canadians for expressing pro-oil and gas opinions AFP Fact Check rating: False Posts misrepresent Canadian MP’s proposal to ban fossil fuel ads

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