MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 08/27/2024

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: JD Vance served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a military journalist. KVUE rating: True (Vance served in the Marines as a military journalist.) What did JD Vance do in the military? Your questions answered
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): “The Harris-Biden Administration has been caught fraudulently manipulating Job Statistics.” Politifact rating: Pants on Fire (There is zero evidence that job counts, either the monthly figures or the annual downward revision announced this week, were because of manipulation; civil servants have compiled them using the same methods and the same schedule for years.) Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire claim that Biden, Harris manipulated job data Donald Trump Rating
MISLEADING	Claim by Hakeem Jeffries (D): “83% of the benefits” from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act “went to the wealthiest 1% in America.” FactCheck.org rating: Misleading (That’s estimated to be the case in 2027, if the income tax changes in the 2017 law expire. In earlier years, the top 1% of income earners received a much smaller share of the benefits.) Third Night of the Democratic Convention
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Elon Musk banned ‘woke’ Robert DeNiro from X platform. USA Today rating: False (He did not) Elon Musk did not ban Robert De Niro from X \| Fact check
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Tim Walz responded to Ann Coulter on X after she said of his 17-year-old son, “Talk about weird,” saying, “Talk about why your fiancés keep leaving you.” Snopes rating: Fake Alleged Walz Reply to Ann Coulter’s X Post About His Son Is Fake Ann Coulter Rating
FALSE	(International: Switzerland): Mammograms have been banned in Switzerland. Australian Associated Press rating: False (Mammograms are available in Switzerland.) No truth to Swiss ban on mammograms claim

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