MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 10/29/2024

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

BLATANT LIE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): States used “COVID to cheat” in the 2020 election. PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (Many states made voting easier during the pandemic by mailing a ballot or an application to receive a ballot to registered voters. Some states that previously required voters to have an excuse to vote by mail loosened that rule. These changes were made openly, through executive orders, administrative actions or law. And when a state expanded access to voting by mail, that was available to Republican voters, too.) Fact-checking Donald Trump’s claims about the 2020 election during Joe Rogan interview Donald Trump Rating
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called for the National Guard “at every voting station and ballot counting facility” on Election Day. FactCheck.org rating: False (No evidence that Kennedy made the statement in the social media posts or that he supports the deployment of National Guard troops to voting stations and ballot-counting centers.) Posts Make Unsupported Claim that RFK Jr. Called for National Guard on Election Day
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: “Ballots are not supposed to have fold lines or creases in the candidates name area” or it could invalidate your vote. PolitiFact rating: False (Mark Lindeman, the policy and strategy director for Verified Voting, said a crease through a candidate’s name would have no impact on tabulating machines’ ability to read a ballot.) No, a crease through a candidate’s name will not invalidate your ballot
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Joe Biden has ordered FEMA to hire 17,000 illegal immigrants for hurricane clean up. Check Your Fact rating: False (Originated as satire and shared by the gullible.) FACT CHECK: Did FEMA Hire Illegal Immigrants For Hurricane Relief Efforts?
BLATANT LIE	Claim by United Auto Workers: Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers “wants to cut Medicare and Social Security.” PolitiFact rating: False (Rogers has said during this campaign that he does not support cuts to the programs. He’s called for a bipartisan commission to address the programs’ funding shortfalls.) Michigan Republican Mike Rogers is not calling for cuts to Medicare and Social Security
FALSE	(International: Bahrain): Video shows referee celebrating Bahrain goal in World Cup qualifier. AFP Fact Check rating: False Bahrain goalkeeper celebrating goal against Indonesia misidentified as ‘match referee’

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