The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 04/02/2024

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 via Social Media: Plastic cutting boards have been shown to shed microplastics in food. Snopes.com rating: True Microplastics from Cutting Boards Have Been Found in Food?
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: The ship that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge “was cyber-attacked ” and intentionally hit the bridge. FactCheck.org rating: False (Conspiracy theory) Baseless Conspiracy Theories Follow Key Bridge Collapse
MOSTLY FALSE	Claim by J.D. Vance (R): Says “100% of net job creation under the Biden administration has gone to the foreign-born.” PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (From Biden’s first full month in office to February 2024, the number of native-born workers increased by 5.7 million. Although Vance sought to tie Biden’s immigration policies to the gains in foreign-born employment, the data does not distinguish between recent migrants and immigrants who have been here for decades.) Is J.D. Vance right that native-born Americans have seen no job growth under Biden?
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg said Francis Scott Key Bridge was racist KHOU rating: False (Pete Buttigieg did not say Francis Scott Key Bridge was racist.) Key bridge collapse: Buttigieg didn’t call bridge racist
MOSTLY FALSE	Claim by Kathy Hochul (D): In New York, there are no barriers to law enforcement to work with the federal government on immigration laws, and there are 100 crimes where migrants can be handed over. PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (In New York City, laws prevent police and corrections staff from holding noncitizens for federal immigration authorities except in certain circumstances.) In debate over sanctuary policies, patchwork of laws and edicts limit cooperation in New York Kathy Hochul Rating
FALSE	(International: South Korea): Covid-19 vaccines killed thousands of people in South Korea. AFP Fact Check rating: False South Korean Covid vaccine ‘side effects’ statistics misrepresented

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