MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 05/14/2024

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

TRUE	Claim via Social Media: Marijuana could be federally legal with prescription as Schedule III drug. KGW rating: True (Marijuana rescheduling could make it federally legal to prescribe.) What reclassifying marijuana could mean for legality
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Images show Katy Perry at the 2024 Met Gala. PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (AI Generated) These images of Katy Perry at 2024 Met Gala are AI generated
NO EVIDENCE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): Trump claimed Michigan’s Newcomer Rental Subsidy program provides ‘$500 a month to anyone who accepts illegal aliens into [their] homes’ Check Your Fact rating: Unsubstantiated (The Newcomer Rental Subsidy could possibly be used for someone with a pending asylum application. However, it appears that the vast majority of the people who have been approved for the program are here legally.) FACT CHECK: Fact Checking Trump’s Claim About Michigan’s Newcomer Rental Subsidy Program Donald Trump Rating
MOSTLY FALSE	Claim via Social Media: AstraZeneca admits for the first time that its COVID-19 vaccine can cause blood clots. Health Feedback rating: Misleading (AstraZeneca’s admission that its COVID-19 vaccine can cause very rare cases of blood clots is only “a first” in court. It doesn’t imply that the company previously concealed this side effect. Public statements from AstraZeneca, public health authorities, and multiple scientific publications demonstrate that blood clots have been acknowledged as a very rare side effect of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine since 2021.) Very rare cases of blood clots linked to the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are well-known and have been publicly recognized since 2021
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: In 1998, then-U.S. President Bill Clinton paid Paula Jones $850,000 in hush money. Snopes.com rating: False (It was not hush money. In Clinton’s case, Jones had already brought the lawsuit. It went through the court system for four years. Meanwhile, Jones was able to publicly talk about details of the case, and did so. The settlement paid by Clinton avoided further legal action from Jones; it was not a way to get her to stop talking about the event.) Bill Clinton Paid Paula Jones ‘Hush Money’ in 1998?
FALSE	(International: Japan): Japan has proposed banning people who have received the COVID-19 vaccine from donating blood. Australian Associated Press rating: False (There is no such proposal and the claim is based on a misrepresentation of a pre-print study.) Shot of truth swiftly debunks blood ban claim

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