The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 05/04/2024 (Weekend Edition)

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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 Donald Trump (R): “The people that benefited the most (from the tax cuts Donald Trump signed) are lower-income people.” PolitiFact rating: Incorrect (The Tax Policy Center analysis found that the Trump-signed legislation would, on average, cut taxes for households in each income group, but that taxpayers in higher-income households would see the biggest benefits.) Fact-checking Trump’s claims about tax cuts, job numbers and inflation in Wisconsin, Michigan Donald Trump Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Marjorie Taylor Greene posted an AI image of herself and said MAGA women are hotter than liberals Check Your Fact rating: False (This claim is inaccurate. The post was made by a satirical account of Greene.) FACT CHECK: Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Call MAGA Women ‘Hotter’ Than Liberal Women?
MISLEADING	Claim by Nancy Pelosi (D): Former President Donald Trump “has the worst record of job loss of any president.” PolitiFact rating: Half True (Donald Trump is the first president in almost a century to see employment decline nationally between his first and last days in office. Economists say the coronavirus pandemic — the primary reason for the employment decline under Trump — was so unusual that it merits an asterisk to his record.) Pelosi omits pandemic in singling out job losses under Trump
FALSE	(International: India): PM Modi claimed at a rally in UP that the Congress party will confiscate more than half property of people after their death. The Quint rating: False Fact-Check: PM Modi Says Congress Party Will Seize Peoples’ Properties After Their Death? No, Claim is False!

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