The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 05/06/2024

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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 America’s Frontline Doctors: Review article “has found that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could aid cancer development” FactCheck.org rating: False (The review conclusions are mainly based on the misinterpretation of a study on mRNA cancer vaccines in mice.) Still No Evidence COVID-19 Vaccination Increases Cancer Risk, Despite Posts America’s Frontline Doctors Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Trump said he wants to build an ‘iron dome’ to defend US from Canada. USA Today rating: False (The post misrepresents Trump’s remarks. While the former president pledged to build an anti-missile system like Israel’s Iron Dome if elected to a second term, he did not mention using it to defend against Canada.) Post misrepresents Trump campaign remarks on ‘iron dome’ \| Fact check
MOSTLY FALSE	Claim by Joe Biden (D): Former President Donald Trump told Time magazine that “states should monitor women’s pregnancies and prosecute those who violate abortion bans.” PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (Former President Donald Trump didn’t tell Time magazine that he thought states “should” monitor women’s pregnancies and punish women who get illegal abortions. Trump avoided sharing his opinion, redirecting the reporter to “ask the states” and saying it was “irrelevant” whether he was comfortable with such policies.) Trump told Time that states should decide abortion laws. He didn’t say they ‘should’ punish women. Joe Biden Rating
FALSE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): The U.S. is experiencing “record kinds of inflation.” PolitiFact rating: Incorrect (The highest inflation rates were recorded in the 1970s and early 1980s, when the annual price increase sometimes hovered between 12% and 15%. The highest rate on Biden’s watch was around 9% in summer 2022. That was the highest monthly figure in about four decades, but not the highest ever.) Fact-checking Trump’s claims about tax cuts, job numbers and inflation in Wisconsin, Michigan Donald Trump Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Actor Kurt Russell said “illegal immigrants” should be forcibly deported from the U.S. Snopes rating: False (no evidence he said that.) Kurt Russell Said ‘Illegal Immigrants’ Should Be Forcibly Deported from America?
FALSE	(International: Australia): World leaders at a 1994 United Nations conference agreed to reduce the world population to 800 million by the year 2030. Australian Associated Press rating: False (No such agreement exists.) Conspiracies swirl around UN population talks – Australian Associated Press

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