MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 09/21/2024 (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

MISLEADING	Claim via Social Media: More deaths from COVID-19 occurred during Biden’s administration than Trump’s. Health Feedback rating: Misleading (Since the pandemic began at the end of 2019 and Biden’s tenure began in January 2021, most of the pandemic’s duration fell within his presidency as opposed to Trump’s. This means that there was more time for COVID deaths to accumulate during Biden’s tenure than Trump’s.) Higher COVID-19 death toll under Biden than Trump reflects longer presidential term spent managing the COVID-19 pandemic
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Elon Musk: Arizona is refusing to remove noncitizens from voter rolls. KGW rating: False (Arizona election officials are not refusing to remove noncitizens from voter rolls and there is no evidence to suggest that noncitizens remain on voter rolls in the state.) No, Arizona is not refusing to remove noncitizens from voter rolls like viral posts claim
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: JD Vance follows Ryan Wesley Routh on X AFP Fact Check rating: False (He does not.) J.D. Vance does not follow Trump plot suspect on social media
FALSE	(International: India): Claim by Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Under the Congress-led government in Karnataka, an idol of Hindu deity Lord Ganesh had been arrested. The Quint rating: False Fact-Check: No, Lord Ganesh Idol Was Not ‘Arrrested’ by Police in Karnataka, Claim Is False!

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