The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 04/30/2024

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 via Social Media: Biden’s executive order allowed convicts and ‘illegal immigrants’ to vote. USA Today rating: False (The President doesn’t have this authority) Biden doesn’t have authority on who votes in US elections \| Fact check
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Transgender female athletes complained that their uniforms were ill-fitting. PolitiFact rating: False (Originated as satire) Trans runners didn’t complain about ill-fitting uniforms
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: Scientists found COVID-19 vaccines are linked to increase in cancer cases. USA Today rating: False (There is no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer or are associated with a greater risk of developing cancer.) False claim COVID-19 vaccines are linked to ‘spike’ in cancer cases \| Fact check
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Executive Order 9066, signed by U.S. President Joe Biden, provides immigrants who enter the United States illegally a cell phone, a free plane ticket to a destination of their choosing and a $5000 Visa Gift Card. Snopes rating: False (None of it is true.) Biden’s ‘Executive Order 9066’ Gives Migrants Who Illegally Enter US $5K Visa Gift Cards?
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Amy Klobuchar, Keith Ellison, and Peggy Flanagan posed happily together with Defund the Police Protestors. Lead Stories rating: False (Edited Photo) Fact Check: Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar And AG Keith Ellison Did NOT Pose With ‘Defund The Police’ Protestors — Photo Is Edited
FALSE	(International: United Kingdom): Cambridge Scientists Admit 25% of Vaccinated People Now Have VAIDS AFP Fact Check rating: False Experts rebuff recirculating claim that Covid mRNA vaccines ‘weaken immune system’

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