MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 06/04/2024

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 Jesse Watters: Judge Juan Merchan “overrules every objection from the defense and sustains every objection from the prosecution” during former President Donald Trump’s New York trial. Politifact rating: False (Trial transcripts show that throughout the trial, Merchan regularly sustained and overruled objections from prosecution and defense lawyers.) Trump trial judge didn’t overrule all defense objections and sustain all prosecution objections Jesse Watters Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan “wouldn’t let” Donald Trump’s defense team call campaign finance expert Bradley Smith as a witness. FactCheck.org rating: False (The judge did not say Smith couldn’t testify.) Trump’s Repeated Claims on His New York Hush Money Trial Donald Trump Rating
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: EU Plans To Ban The Repair Of Cars Older Than 15 Years. Lead Stories rating: False (No Such Ban) Fact Check: EU Does NOT Plan To Ban Repair Of Cars Older Than 15 Years
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Clint Eastwood said, “This is a FACT: If illegal people that are in our country voted for Republicans, the Democrats would have built a border wall years ago.” Snopes rating: False (No record of Eastwood ever saying this.) Clint Eastwood Said Dems Would Have Built Border Wall if ‘Illegal People’ Voted Republican?
TRUE	Claim via Social Media: Louisiana abortion pill law allows prescription information to be tracked. KHOU rating: True (The law allows abortion medication prescriptions to be tracked.) Louisiana abortion pill law allows prescription tracking
FALSE	(International: New Zealand): 11,000 New Zealand politicians and elites were exempted from COVID-19 vaccinations Logically Facts rating: False 11,000 New Zealand vaccine exemptions granted to healthcare workers, not elites

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