MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 08/07/2024

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 by Joe Biden (D): “Since Vice President Harris and I took office … incomes have risen faster than prices.” Politifact rating: Mostly True (After adjusting for inflation, per capita personal income after taxes has gone up modestly, after removing the temporary influx of pandemic-era stimulus cash that distorts the data for Biden’s first month in office, January 2021.) Have incomes outpaced inflation since Joe Biden took office? Joe Biden Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Joe Rogan is suing MSNBC for 30 million for editing a video to make it look like he was pro-Kamala Harris. Lead Stories rating: False (No Evidence) Fact Check: NO Evidence Joe Rogan Is Suing MSNBC For $30 Million For A Deceptive Video Edit That Made Him Look Pro-Kamala Harris
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Fox Business TV host Elizabeth MacDonald: Biden has “let in” nearly 1,700 people with links to terrorism. KGW rating: False (Biden has not “let in” nearly 1,700 people with links to terrorism. There have been nearly 1700 encounters, not let in.) No, Biden hasn’t ‘let in’ nearly 1,700 people with links to terrorism
FALSE	Claim by Donald Trump campaign: Vice President Kamala Harris “is America’s border czar. … Under Harris, over 10 million illegally here.” FactCheck.org rating: False (She was not the Border Czar and the number is closer to 2 million entering.) Trump TV Ad Repeats False ‘Border Czar,’ Illegal Immigration Claims Donald Trump Rating
TRUE	Claim via Social Media: In August 2024, U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted to dumping a bear carcass in New York’s Central Park a decade earlier, staging the scene to look like a bike accident. Snopes.com rating: True (He said to Roseanne Barr in a video. “I said, ‘Let’s go put the bear in Central Park and we’ll make it look like [it] got hit by a bike.'”) RFK Jr. Admitted to Dumping Bear Carcass in Central Park?
FALSE	(International: Australia): Claim by Dr Judy Mikovits: All flu vaccines contain the H5N1 bird flu virus. Australian Associated Press rating: False (The only vaccines that contain the H5N1 virus are human H5N1 vaccines.) No, bird flu virus not injected into all flu vaccines Judy Mikovits Rating

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