The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 04/05/2024

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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 Donna Brazile: The current Congress is “the least productive in our lifetime.” PolitiFact rating: Mostly True (The current Congress has enacted half as many bills through March 26 as any previous Congress did through that date going back to 1989.) Is today’s Congress the least productive of our lifetime?
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Larry Silverstein, WTC developer, got $1 trillion insurance payout from Baltimore bridge. Lead Stories rating: False (Made-Up Story) Fact Check: WTC Developer Larry Silverstein Did NOT Get ‘$1 Trillion’ Insurance Payout From Baltimore Bridge
FALSE	Claim by Sharyl Attkisson: Government silenced “top expert witness” who denied the vaccine-autism link in court and changed opinion; his testimony could have changed the court’s decision Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate (Research shows that vaccines don’t cause autism. A link between vaccination and autism in children with genetic mitochondrial disorders is also unsupported by scientific evidence. A U.S. court’s decision to reject thousands of claims arguing that vaccines caused autism was based on the testimony of numerous experts. Pediatrician Andrew Zimmerman was only one of them. His later affidavit suggesting that vaccines could cause autism in children with mitochondrial diseases, in itself, would have been unlikely to alter the court’s decision.) 2019 report by TV host Sharyl Attkisson exaggerates one expert’s opinion in court case to claim vaccines cause autism
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a paper on myocarditis after COVID vaccination but redacted every page. Australian Associated Press rating: False (The cited document was not a study but instead internal CDC communications exempt from US freedom of information laws.) No, ‘bombshell’ vaccine study was not redacted – Australian Associated Press
FALSE	Claim by Media Take Out: 50 Cent is replacing Diddy as Cîroc brand ambassador. Newsweek rating: False (He isn’t) Fact Check: Is 50 Cent Replacing Diddy as Cîroc Brand Ambassador? Media Take Out Rating
FALSE	(International: Venezuela): The FBI admitted that Venezuela emptied its prisons and sent the inmates to the U.S. Politifact rating: False (The image in the post is from a 2011 Chino, California, prison. News reports and the FBI’s press release archives did not show the FBI “admitted” that Venezuela transferred all its prisoners to the U.S.) No, the FBI did not say Venezuela sent its prison population to the U.S.

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