MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 09/07/2024 (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

MOSTLY FALSE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): “There’s been a 43% increase in violent crimes since I left office.” PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (The National Crime Victimization Survey, which the Justice Department conducts annually, shows a 43% increase in violent crime from 2020 to 2022. But another federal source shows the opposite picture. The FBI’s annual data from 2020 to 2022 shows a decline in violent crime, as does the FBI’s preliminary data for 2023. Multiple nongovernmental crime statistics analyses also found violent crime declined in 2023 and 2024.) Donald Trump said violent crime spiked 43% under Biden-Harris. That ignores reams of data. Donald Trump Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim by The People’s Voice: A 2001 NASA presentation outlined the agency’s plan for a mass extinction event. Australian Associated Press rating: False (The presentation was about potential future defense technologies.) NASA mass extinction claims are utter gibberish – Australian Associated Press People’s Voice Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: “BREAKING: Apalachee High School shooter has been identified as non-binary trans girl Samantha Hyde.” PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (Authorities identified the suspect in the fatal Sept. 4 shooting at Apalachee High School as 14-year-old Colt Gray.) ‘Samantha Hyde’ was not the Apalachee High School shooter
FALSE	(International: United Kingdom): BBC has not reported on the attacks on Hindu minorities in Bangladesh. The Quint rating: False Did BBC Not Report On Attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh? No, Claim is False!

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