MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 11/09/2024 (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

TRUE	Claim via Social Media: The US stock market tends to rise regardless of which party wins. WCNC rating: True (Historically, the U.S. stock market tends to rise regardless of which party wins the White House. According to Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at research company CFRA, the S&P has since 1945 risen 73% of the years when a Democrat was president and 70% of the years when a Republican was president.) Do markets increase when a new president is elected? Let’s verify
FALSE	Claim by Chiropractor Bryan Ardis: “nicotine is not addictive”; consuming eggplants could replace nicotine patches Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate (Scientific evidence shows that nicotine is highly addictive. The claim overlooked calculations showing that the amount of eggplant needed to replace nicotine patches would be impossible to eat (between 70 and 210 kg per day) Nicotine is addictive, drives tobacco dependence; nicotine patches cannot be replaced by eggplants
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: “CCTV captures the moment a Trump voter in (Wisconsin) is assaulted by two Kamala Harris thugs at a voting station.” PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (The Wisconsin Elections Commission said it received no reports of an assault at any polling place. Darren Linvill, a Clemson University disinformation researcher, said a video purportedly showing a Trump voter being assaulted has hallmarks of a Russian disinformation campaign by Storm-1516.) No, Wisconsin Trump voter wasn’t assaulted; video is fake
FALSE	(International: Australia): An Oxfam report found $41 billion missing from the World Bank’s climate fund. Australian Associated Press rating: False (The World Bank does not have a single “climate fund”, and Oxfam did not find funds were “missing”.) Charity report did not find World Bank climate change fund was missing $41 billion

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