The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 03/13/2024

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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

TRUE	Claim via Social Media: During a speech in 2009, then-U.S. President Barack Obama said, “We can’t have half a million people pouring over the border.” Snopes rating: True (Correct Attribution) Did Obama Say in 2009 We ‘Can’t Have Half a Million People Pouring’ Over Border?
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL): Katie Britt says Joe Biden stopped all deportations in first 100 days. Newsweek rating: False (Biden did not stop all deportations during his first 100 days in office. His administration attempted to implement a pause affecting some immigrants, focusing on select groups such as those suspected of or who had engaged in terrorism and espionage. The pause was blocked in the courts. records show that the U.S. deported thousands of people in the first 100 days of Biden’s presidency.) Fact Check: Katie Britt Says Joe Biden Stopped All Deportations
MOSTLY FALSE	Claim by Pete Buttigieg (D): The stock market “hit an all-time high under President Biden and not under President Trump.” PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (The S&P 500 recently hit all-time highs under President Joe Biden, as it had several times earlier in his tenure. But the S&P 500 also set multiple records during Donald Trump’s presidency, including after the coronavirus pandemic hit.) Fact-checking Pete Buttigieg on stock market’s rise
FALSE	Claim by Viral Video: A video shows Kamala Harris discussing a work study program that uses tax dollars to “bribe voters.” Check Your Fact rating: False (The Federal Work-Study Program (FWS) does not allow students to be employed for political services.) FACT CHECK: Work Study Program Employs Students As Nonpartisan Poll Workers, Does Not ‘Bribe Voters’
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): “Migrant Violence is leading to the Worst Crime Wave in History!” FactCheck.org rating: False ( Homicides and violent crime in general have been trending down the last two years and is nowhere near historic levels.) FactChecking Trump’s ‘Fact Check’ of the State of the Union Donald Trump Rating
FALSE	(International: India): Video shows a group of men beating up a Christian man in Uttar Pradesh. BOOM Fact Check rating: False Video From Punjab Peddled Shared As Christian Man Beaten Up by Hindus \| BOOM

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