MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 10/11/2024

Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers who 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

FALSE	Claim by Tim Walz (D): When former President Donald Trump “left office, we had more people unemployed percentage-wise than the Great Depression.” FactCheck.org rating: False (When Trump left office in January 2021, the unemployment rate was 6.4% — down from a pandemic peak of 14.8% in April 2020, when businesses, schools and other employers shut down to slow the spread of COVID-19. That’s not close to the high unemployment rate during the Great Depression, which lasted from 1929 to 1941.) FactChecking Walz’s Interview on Fox News
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: Florida is making people pay tolls on Hurricane Milton evacuation routes. KREM rating: False (Florida has suspended tolls as people evacuate ahead of Milton.) Are tolls suspended in Florida right now? Yes, in these counties
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Hurricane Helene was planned to seize land in North Carolina for lithium mining. PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (Human weather modification didn’t cause Hurricane Helene. Experts said there are no projects that can modify or create hurricanes. North Carolina officials said the state’s land is not being seized for lithium mining. The Federal Emergency Management Agency also does not seize property or land.) Hurricane Helene wasn’t ‘orchestrated’ to seize land for lithium mining in North Carolina
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): Former President Donald Trump claimed on Monday that he has visited Gaza in the past. Check Your Fact rating: False (No evidence he has ever visited Gaza.) FACT CHECK: Fact-Checking Donald Trump’s Claim That He Has Visited Gaza Donald Trump Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Former U.S. President Donald Trump offered free lodging at his timeshare properties, including his Mar-a-Lago Club, to all of his displaced supporters during Hurricane Milton in October 2024. Snopes.com rating: False (He never offered that.) Trump Isn’t Offering Free Lodging to Displaced Supporters During Hurricane Milton
FALSE	(International: Australia): Article six of the Nuremberg Code says mandating face masks is a war crime. Australian Associated Press rating: False (The Nuremberg Code does not include any reference to face masks. No, face mask mandates don’t violate Nuremberg Code

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