MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 08/05/2024

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

MOSTLY TRUE	Claim via Social Media: Google autofill didn’t suggest searches for Trump’s assassination attempt. KGW rating: Mostly True (It wasn’t a suggested search, but could still be manually searched.) Claims about Google search, Trump assassination attempt VERIFIED \| kgw.com
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris announced plans to take funding from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by closing VA facilities to give the money to refugees. Snopes rating: False (Satire shared by the gullible.) No, Harris Didn’t Say She’ll Pull Funds from Vets to Give to Refugees
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: Eating specific foods based on your blood type can optimize your health. Health Feedback rating: Unsupported (There is currently no scientific evidence supporting an association between blood type, diet, and health. Among the limited studies addressing this potential association, all found that health improvements based on diet were independent of participants’ blood types.) No current evidence to support social media fad of “blood type diet”
MOSTLY FALSE	Claim via Social Media: “Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana all ordered that the Bible be taught in public schools.” FactCheck.org rating: Mostly False (Oklahoma’s state superintendent ordered public schools to incorporate the Bible as “an instructional support into the curriculum.” Louisiana and Texas haven’t issued such an order.) Posts Misrepresent States’ Efforts to Teach the Bible in Public Schools
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: “Samsung drops out of $1 billion advertising campaign with Olympics.” PolitiFact rating: False (originated as satire) No, Samsung has not withdrawn Olympics sponsorship
FALSE	(International: United Kingdom): Study verifies that the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine causes cancer. Full Fact rating: False (The study did not show that the Pfizer vaccine causes cancer.) Study does not show that the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine causes cancer – Full Fact

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