MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 05/22/2024

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

FALSE	Claim by Mike Johnson (R): “The millions (of immigrants) that have been paroled can simply go to their local welfare office or the DMV and register to vote.” PolitiFact rating: False (Only U.S. citizens may vote in federal elections. Congress banned noncitizen voting in federal elections in 1996.) Mike Johnson’s false claim about noncitizens registering to vote at DMV, ‘welfare’ offices
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Video shows Muslim woman call a man racist for asking her to move her car Check Your Fact rating: False (it was staged) FACT CHECK: Video Of Woman In Hijab And Man In Car Is Staged Interaction
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: Israel War Room posted a helicopter emoji “minutes before the news of the Iranian President’s helicopter crash landing broke.” PolitiFact rating: False (After the news broke) X account posted helicopter emoji after news of the crash involving Raisi broke, not before
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: CNN reported Rep. Ilhan Omar said ‘get rid of the Jews to end antisemitism’. USA Today rating: False (Altered) CNN chyron about Rep. Ilhan Omar is fabricated \| Fact check
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: “US hospitals caught injecting experimental Ebola vaccine that sheds!” PolitiFact rating: False (Ervebo, an Ebola vaccine, is neither experimental, nor contains the Ebola virus. A different virus used in the vaccine, vesicular stomatitis, can shed.) Ebola vaccines can’t shed deadly virus
FALSE	(International: Iran): Video shows Israeli soldiers celebrating’ Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s chopper crash. Logically Facts rating: False Old video shared as ‘Israeli soldiers celebrating’ Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s chopper crash

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