MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 05/30/2024

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 Megyn Kelly: COVID-19 vaccination is associated with a higher risk of autoimmune rheumatic diseases Health Feedback rating: Unsupported (Available scientific data doesn’t support the implication that getting a COVID-19 vaccine causes rheumatic diseases like arthritis. While there are case reports of rheumatic diseases occurring after COVID-19 vaccination, these alone cannot demonstrate a causal association.) Evidence so far doesn’t indicate an association between COVID-19 vaccines and autoimmune diseases Megyn Kelly Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Travis Kelce says he will resign if Harrison Butker is not fired. Check Your Fact rating: False (He did not say that.) FACT CHECK: Did Travis Kelce Call For Harrison Butker To Be Fired From Team?
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: Trump shared doctored photo of rally with same attendees in multiple places. USA Today rating: False (Altered image from a satire account.) Doctored image of Trump rally crowd is from satire account, not Trump \| Fact check
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: “Elon Musk Fires Entire Cast of “The View ” After Acquiring ABC.” PolitiFact rating: False (Neither is true) No, Elon Musk hasn’t acquired ABC and fired ‘The View’ cast
MOSTLY FALSE	Claim via Social Media: North Carolina mask bill includes “specific carve outs for entities like the KKK to continue wearing hoods in public.” Politfact Rating: Mostly False (A North Carolina bill would delete a state law allowing people to wear masks in public for health reasons. The bill does not mention the KKK at all, nor does it introduce new “carve outs” for similar groups. The bill would, however, leave in place a longstanding exemption that some believe the KKK could exploit.) No, North Carolina’s mask bill doesn’t include a ‘carve out’ for the KKK
FALSE	(International: Australia): Pfizer representatives told a senate hearing that employees in Australia received a materially different “special batch” of the COVID vaccine. Australian Associated Press rating: False (The Pfizer representatives said no such thing.) No, Pfizer bosses did not admit to giving workers materially different COVID vaccine

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