MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 07/21/2024 (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

TRUE	Claim via Social Media: Project 2025 plans to dismantle the NOAA and NWS. KHOU rating: True (Project 2025, proposes the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its main offices “be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories.”) Does Project 2025 recommend dismantling NOAA? \| khou.com
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: “sunscreen and then skin cancer, it’s a direct correlation”; wearing sunglasses increases the risk of sunburn; sunscreen reduces vitamin D production Health Feedback rating: Incorrect (All of it is wrong.) Unprotected sun overexposure, not sunscreen or sunglasses, causes sunburn and skin cancer
FALSE	Claim by Eric Trump: In 2016, before his father took office, “our economy was struggling” and “jobs were scarce.” FactCheck.org rating: False (Obama performed better: In Obama’s last four years, the economy added 10.4 million jobs, an average of 216,000 jobs per month. By contrast, in Trump’s first 37 months — up until the pandemic ended job growth — the U.S. added only 180,000 jobs per month.) Final Night of the GOP Convention
FALSE	(International: Germany): Claim by The People’s Voice: Germany has changed the law to decriminalise the possession of child pornography. Australian Associated Press rating: False (Possessing child pornography remains a crime in Germany.) German law changes won’t decriminalise child sexual abuse content Peoples Voice Rating

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