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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 by Kamala Harris (D): Black people are “60% more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes.”
PolitiFact rating: True (Black adults in 2018 were 60% more likely than non-Hispanic white adults to be diagnosed with diabetes by a physician, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows.) Fact-checking Kamala Harris’ interview with the National Association of Black Journalists |
| FALSE | Claim by Senate Leadership Fund: Sherrod Brown voted to let transgender biological men participate in women’s sports
WKYC rating: False (He did not.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): “After-birth” abortions have been performed in Walz’s Minnesota.
KGW rating: False (Minnesota hasn’t performed any “after-birth” abortions under Walz as it’s illegal to kill a baby after it has been born in Minnesota, just like it is in every other U.S. state.) There aren’t ‘after-birth’ abortions in Walz’s Minnesota | kgw.com |
| FALSE | Claim by thefederalist.com: Police Audio Confirms Haitian Goose Hunting In Ohio.
Lead Stories rating: Unproven (The Federalist is a low credibility source. An investigation by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources didn’t find any evidence of wildlife illegally removed from a park. “No supporting evidence to verify the claim was found,” the Ohio Department said in a statement.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Michele Morrow (R): The plus in LGBTQ+ includes pedophilia.
Politifact rating: Pants on Fire (There is no evidence the LGBTQ+ community aims to incorporate pedophilia into its advocacy.( NC’s Michele Morrow falsely says the ‘plus’ in ‘LGBTQ+’ includes support for pedophilia |
| FALSE | (International: India): Massive protest in solidarity for Manipur.
The Quint rating: False Fact-Check: AI-Generated Visual Of Massive Protest in Manipur Shared as Real |
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I see one of the verified false statements was about Sherrod Brown allowing transgender men play women’s (or girls’) sports. I live in Ohio and I am seeing Bernie Moreno ads everywhere (on TV) every day stating this LIE. What can be done about that?