The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 03/14/2024

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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: NPR published an article with the headline, “We watched the State of the Union with one undecided voter. She wasn’t that impressed.” Snopes.com rating: True NPR Watched Biden SOTU Speech with Undecided Voter Who ‘Wasn’t that Impressed’?
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Slay News: A World Economic Forum (WEF) study argues for a ban on home-grown food. Australian Associated Press rating: False (The study has no links to the WEF and did not suggest a ban on home-grown food.) Home-grown food ‘ban’ claim has lost the garden plot Slay News Rating
MISLEADING	Claim by Joe Biden (D): The Trump administration “added more to the national debt than any presidential term in American history.” PolitiFact rating: Half True (President Joe Biden’s claim holds when calculating debt accrued during his first three years in office. But by the end of his four-year term, debt accumulation on his watch is projected to exceed the debt under former President Donald Trump.) Fact-checking Biden on debt accumulated under Trump Joe Biden Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: “President Biden announces tax incentives for families willing to take in slav—migrants in a new ‘Housing for Labor’ initiative.” FactCheck.org rating: False (Originated as satire) IRS Has Not Introduced Immigrant Housing Tax Incentive, Contrary to Posts
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Texas petition to outlaw “aerosolized spraying” is evidence of chemtrails. PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (“Chemtrails” are a conspiracy theory that claims that the condensation trails behind aircraft are part of a secret, large-scale program to poison the atmosphere with toxic chemicals. Chemtrails are not real. A group called Clean Texas Skies is circulating a petition asking Texas state lawmakers to pass legislation to prohibit “aerosolized spraying,” which appears to be part of the chemtrails conspiracy theory. The petition doesn’t prove chemtrails are real.) Texas petition doesn’t prove chemtrails are real
FALSE	(International: Brazil): Claim by Global Research: Dengue fever up 400% in Brazil after GMO mosquitoes released AFP Fact Check rating: False Gates Foundation, biotech company falsely implicated in Brazil dengue surge Global Research Rating

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