The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 04/16/2024

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

FALSE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg worked “with Crooked Joe Biden’s people/campaign” to prosecute Donald Trump. PolitiFact rating: False (No evidence of any Biden role.) A fact-checker’s guide to Trump’s first criminal trial: business records, hush money and a gag order Donald Trump Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Tucker Carlson released a photo of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy showing him captured and arrested. Lead Stories rating: False (He did not. The photo is a TV show image) Fact Check: Tucker Carlson Did NOT Release A Photo Of Zelenskyy Captured and Arrested
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: Notice from a New Jersey doctor’s office proves that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous for athletes. PolitiFact rating: False (Scientific studies have found no link between COVID-19 vaccines and sudden cardiac deaths in youth athletes. An April CDC study showed there is no association between cardiac death in previously healthy young people and the vaccines.) Doctor’s office notice not proof of COVID-19 vaccine danger
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Post implies Biden facing excommunication action from the Catholic Church. USA Today rating: False (He is not) No, Biden is not facing excommunication \| Fact check
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: “Nancy Pelosi busted, Speaker (Mike) Johnson just released it for everyone to see.” PolitiFact rating: False (Didn’t Happen) No, this post doesn’t reveal any wrongdoing by Nancy Pelosi
FALSE	(International: Netherlands): Video shows a Muslim man urinating on pork in a Dutch supermarket. AFP Fact Check rating: False Staged video of man urinating on meat in a supermarket falsely shared with anti-Muslim claim

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