The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 03/23/2024 (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): Claimed that the Biden administration “achieved the lowest unemployment rate for Latinos in a long, long time.” FactCheck.org rating: Misleading (It was not a long time ago: Under President Joe Biden, the Latino unemployment rate reached a low of 3.9% in September 2022 — the lowest rate since September 2019.) Biden’s Misleading Claim About Latino Unemployment Joe Biden Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social media: Image shows ‘global cooling’ and ‘global warming’ Time magazine covers. USA Today rating: False (Altered: Two of the covers shown in the post are digitally fabricated, and none of the legitimate covers mention “global cooling.”) No ‘global cooling’ or ‘ice age’ covers published by Time \| Fact check
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: The Oklahoma National Guard’s assistance for the April 8 eclipse signals something “bigger.” Politifact rating: False (Anticipating large crowds of eclipse viewers, emergency management officials in Oklahoma’s McCurtain County requested support from the Oklahoma National Guard.) Oklahoma National Guard’s deployment for April eclipse doesn’t signal something ‘bigger’
FALSE	(International: India): Rahul Gandhi said, “Lalu Yadav is ready to give medicine to Modi ji even today.” Logically Facts rating: False Tejashwi Yadav’s critical comments about Indian PM Modi misattributed to Rahul Gandhi

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