The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 05/08/2024

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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 Donald Trump (R): “Biden has just declared that if he gets four more years, he will drench the middle class in the largest tax increases in the history of our country.” The Washington Post rating: False Analysis \| The Trump-Biden battle over the 2017 tax cut Donald Trump Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Jill Stein said Jewish people have homeland in Poland. USA Today rating: False (she never said that.) Jill Stein’s remark about a homeland for Jewish people did not refer to Poland \| Fact check
MISLEADING	Claim by MAGA Inc.: TV ad on illegal immigration features a clip of President Joe Biden only saying “nobody is going to be deported.” FactCheck.org rating: Misleading (While talking about illegal immigration at a town hall in 2020, Joe Biden, then a Democratic presidential candidate, said that if he were elected, “nobody is going to be deported in my first 100 days.”) Pro-Trump Super PAC Edits Biden’s Past Comment About Deportations MAGA Inc. Rating
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: The Antisemitism Awareness Act bans criticism of Israel. KVUE rating: False (The Antisemitism Awareness Act does not ban criticism of Israel.) Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023: What we can VERIFY
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: purports to show Mike Lindell looking haggard at a recent Trump rally. Check Your Fact rating: False (Digitally altered) FACT CHECK: Viral X Image Of Mike Lindell At Recent Trump Rally Is Digitally Edited
FALSE	(International: India): The video shows a huge stash of cash found from the house of aide to BJP Parliament candidate from Anakapalli, CM Ramesh. Logically Facts rating: False Video from Jharkhand falsely shared as cash seized from Andhra Pradesh BJP leader

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