MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 05/31/2024

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 Dave Asprey, Maria Menounos: Toxin found in coffee attacks the bladder and kidneys, causes cancer Health Feedback rating: Unsupported (Enjoy your coffee; there is no evidence to support this claim.) Current evidence doesn’t suggest coffee contains toxic levels of mold, nor that it causes cancer
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Image shows Trump at a cookout surrounded by Black supporters. USA Today rating: False (Altered) AI behind old image of Trump at cookout surrounded by Black supporters \| Fact check
FALSE	Claim via Social Media and Conservative outlets: The judge in former U.S. President Donald Trump’s hush-money trial told jurors they didn’t have to unanimously agree on which crime Trump committed for his conviction so long as they agreed that some crime occurred. Snopes rating: False (The jury must unanimously agree on Trump’s guilt of falsifying business records in the first degree (he faces 34 counts of this crime). A first-degree charge of falsification of business records requires a “predicate crime” for which the falsification was plausibly intended to cover up. The jury does not need to agree on the predicate crime for a conviction.) Trump Jury Doesn’t Have to Unanimously Agree on What Crime He Committed to Convict Him?
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently “he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine.” PolitiFact rating: False (U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made no announcement about suspending Ukraine’s elections. He referred to Ukrainian elections in a May 14 speech, saying the U.S. is working with Ukraine to strengthen its election infrastructure for when Ukrainians agree conditions allow for elections.) U.S. secretary of state didn’t announce suspension of Ukrainian elections; Ukrainian president did
TRUE	Claim via Social Media: Photos show former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley signed “finish them” on an artillery shell during a May 2024 trip to Israel. Snopes rating: True Nikki Haley Wrote ‘Finish Them’ on Artillery Shell in Israel?
FALSE	(International: Israel): Israel’s UN ambassador held up a sign reading “The Butcher of Iran will not be missed” during a minute’s silence for Ebrahim Raisi. Australian Associated Press rating: False (The image has been doctored from footage recorded eight months before the Iranian president died.) ‘Butcher of Iran’ protest picture is a botch job

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