MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 06/15/2024 (Weekend Edition)

Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers that 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 via Social Media: President Joe Biden is completely lost at the G7 Summit. Lead Stories rating: False (Biden did take a few steps away from the group, but it was to give a thumbs up to the paratrooper adjacent to the group who was collecting his gear.) Fact Check: Biden Did NOT Wander Off At G7 Summit — He Was Greeting Nearby Paratrooper
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Sea-level rise is not occurring or showing any impacts, based on photographic evidence. Climate Feedback rating: Inaccurate (Scientific evidence unambiguously shows rising sea levels based on measurements of global mean sea level and tidal gauge data, even the ones collected near the locations from social media posts claiming that ‘sea level is not rising’.) Sea levels have risen for over 100 years; despite misleading photos shared on social media
MOSTLY TRUE	Claim by Joe Biden (D): “Today, record numbers of Black Americans have jobs.” PolitiFact rating: Mostly True (The Black employment-population ratio for people 20 and older reached 63% during Biden’s term. The only time it was higher going back to 1972, when the statistic was first collected, was in the late 1990s, when it peaked around 65%.) Fact-checking Biden on Black employment, insurance, wealth Joe Biden Rating
FALSE	(International: Mexico): 37 candidates for president of Mexico were killed before the election USA Today rating: False (None were killed) None of 37 candidates killed in Mexico ran for president \| Fact check

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