MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 08/22/2024

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

TRUE	Claim via Social Media: Elon Musk once said: “Trump would be 82 at end of term, which is too old to be chief executive of anything, let alone the United States of America.” Snopes rating: True (Correct Attribution) Musk Once Said Trump Would Be ‘Too Old’ at End of 2nd Term To Be President?
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: US July temperatures show climate change is a hoax. USA Today rating: False (Multiple lines of evidence show Earth’s average temperatures are warming. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data shows average and maximum temperatures were cooler in the U.S. in July 2024 than in 2012, but that is due to weather fluctuation, not a lack of overall global warming.) Earth’s warming. But each July isn’t hotter than the last \| Fact check
FALSE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): “You’re allowed to rob a store as long as it’s not more than $950. … They can rob it and not get charged. That was [Vice President Kamala Harris] that did that” when she was California AG. FactCheck.org rating: False (Harris had nothing to do with it plus, in California, it’s a felony if someone shoplifts more than $950 worth of goods, but it’s a misdemeanor for values below that.) Trump’s False and Misleading Claims about Harris’ Record on Crime Donald Trump Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Tim Walz lied about coaching high school football team to state title. USA Today rating: False (Walz was a coach for a Minnesota high school football team when it won a state championship in 1999, according to local news reporting.) Tim Walz coached for high school football team that won state championship\| Fact check
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Lara Trump said “We don’t give a damn about a letter from Non-American Celine Dion” about unauthorized use of Dion’s song at a Donald Trump rally. “I’ll sing the song myself.” FactCheck.org rating: False (She never said that.) Post Shares Bogus Lara Trump Quote about Use of Celine Dion Song
FALSE	(International: Australia): An Australian journalist has been shot by the Israeli military in Gaza. Australian Associated Press rating: False (The injured Palestinian journalist shares the same name as a Sydney woman.) ‘Same name, different people’: Journalist shot in Gaza is not Australian

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