MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 10/06/2024 (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: Hurricane Helene’s path and behavior could have been manipulated by NEXRAD frequency transmissions and/or HAARP Climate Feedback rating: Incorrect (There is no technology humans have that can create or manipulate a hurricane in any way. Hurricane Helene was a naturally occurring weather phenomenon like all other hurricanes; the blue ‘blooms’ in NEXRAD signals were triggered by a massive migration of birds during the hurricane.) Mass bird migration during Hurricane Helene triggers blue radar blooms, no evidence of weather modification by HAARP or NEXRAD
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: North Carolina removed 747,00 voters from the voter rolls to try to “steal the election.” PolitiFact rating: False (It was not a one-time purge of voters. The removals reflect routine voter list maintenance, as prescribed by state and federal law.) North Carolina’s 747,000 voter roll removals are legal, routine voter list maintenance, experts say
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: NYT backing Harris is first presidential endorsement since Eisenhower. azcentral.com rating: False (The newspaper has been endorsing presidential candidates since Abraham Lincoln in 1860, including in each election since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956.) Claim misleads on Harris, New York Times endorsement \| Fact check
FALSE	(International: Lebanon): Video shows Lebanese Druze kicking out a Hezbollah terrorist recently who was driving through their village The Quint rating: False (old video) 2021 Clip of Lebanon Locals Stopping Hezbollah Members Falsely Shared as Recent

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