MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 09/28/2024 (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

BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: An image shows Kamala Harris’s Communist Party of the Soviet Union membership card. Full Fact rating: False (The image is fake and was likely created using an online communist party card generator.) Image of Kamala Harris’s supposed communist party membership card is fake – Full Fact
TRUE	Claim via Social Media: Changing names could make it harder to register to vote under SAVE Act. KGW rating: True (Name changes could make it harder to register under SAVE Act.) VERIFYING SAVE Act’s impact on people who’ve changed names
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): Kamala Harris lost more than 325,000 migrant children. Newsweek rating: False (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had reported that more than 32,000 unaccompanied migrant children had not appeared in court for immigration proceedings. It also did not say they could not locate the Children.) Fact Check: Did Kamala Harris Lose More Than 325,000 Migrant Children? Donald Trump Rating
FALSE	(International: Australia): Anthony Albanese has been photographed receiving the mpox vaccine. Australian Associated Press rating: False (The photo shows Mr Albanese getting a COVID vaccine in 2022.) No, photo does not show PM getting mpox vaccine

Disclaimer: We are providing links to fact-checks by third-party fact-checkers. If you do not agree with a fact check, please directly contact the source of that fact check.