The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 05/03/2024

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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

FALSE	Claim by American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers: “EPA regulators just banned most new gas-powered cars.” PolitiFact rating: False (The Environmental Protection Agency proposed federal tailpipe emission standards for vehicle manufacturers in April 2023. The standards would require a stringent fleetwide reduction in emissions for vehicles produced from 2027 to 2032. To meet the new standards, manufacturers would likely noticeably decrease the production of gasoline-powered vehicles, but they are not banned from production.) Group is runs false ads saying EPA banned new gas cars
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Viral Video: A video shared on Facebook claims to show Secretary of State Antony Blinken praising China’s economy during a recent trip to Shanghai. Check Your Fact rating: False (The video has had audio added. The original video is about efforts to combat fentanyl.) FACT CHECK: Video Claims To Show Antony Blinken Praising China’s Economy
TRUE	Claim by Vice President Kamala Harris (D): Medical professionals can go to jail for performing abortions in Florida First Coast News rating: True (Senate Bill 300 states, “Any person who willfully performs, or actively participates in, a termination of pregnancy in violation of the requirements of this section or commits a felony of the third degree” … Punishable by up to five years in prison.) Verifying if claims made by Kamala Harris in Florida are true
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Picture shows two palm trees killed by a 5G tower near them. Lead Stories rating: False (Killed By Heat. 5G is safe.) Fact Check: Photo Of Dead Palm Trees Does NOT Prove They Were Killed By 5G In 2024
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Biden executive order would suspend presidential elections during pandemic. USA Today rating: False (The executive order in question doesn’t mention anything about elections. It revokes COVID-19 executive orders deemed no longer necessary by the president and reallocates COVID-19 responsibilities to a previously created office of pandemic preparedness.) Biden’s executive order doesn’t give power to ‘suspend presidential elections’ \| Fact check
FALSE	(International: United Kingdom): Claim by Rishi Sunak: In the first week of May 2024 taxes are being cut by £900 for everyone in work. Full Fact rating: Incorrect (The combined impact of two reductions in National Insurance, introduced in January and April, mean that a worker on the average salary of £35,400 will save £900 a year. Those earning below £26,000 will be worse off once other tax changes are taken into account.) Prime Minister wrong to say ‘everyone in work’ will receive £900 tax cut

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