MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 01/08/2025

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

MISLEADING	Claim via Social Media: Trump ‘faces up to 4 years in prison’ at Jan. 10 sentencing. USA Today rating: Misleading (Trump’s conviction does carry a maximum four-year prison term. However, all parties involved − including the judge − have indicated the president-elect will not receive jail time.) Claim misleads about Trump, possibility of prison time \| Fact check
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: NYPD investigating car crash with Jewish pedestrians as hate crime. USA Today rating: False (The New York Police Department said the collision was an accident caused by the driver’s lack of attention. The department hasn’t made any statements labeling the incident a potential hate crime.) Brooklyn collision not being investigated as hate crime \| Fact check
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Bird flu vaccine contains dog DNA and other ingredients that are toxic or carcinogenic. Science Feedback rating: Unsupported (Audenz, a vaccine used to prevent the H5N1 virus (commonly known as avian flu or bird flu), includes ingredients such as thimerosal, polysorbate 80, and beta-propiolactone. However, the amounts of these ingredients present in the vaccine fall within safety limits set by health agencies to avoid health risks.) Ingredients in bird flu vaccine Audenz are safe in the amounts present; no evidence that they’re toxic or cause cancer
TRUE	Claim via Social Media: Some convicted felons from the Jan. 6 insurrection can still vote. KREM rating: True (The right to vote is overseen by both federal and state governments. But only some states have rules restricting felons from the ballot box. So, where a person lives ultimately dictates whether their right to vote will be revoked because of a felony conviction.) Verifying three claims about the Jan. 6 insurrection
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Donald Trump is the only president to skip an inauguration. KGW rating: False (Four other presidents have missed their successor’s inauguration, however, Trump was the first to do so in over 150 years, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.) No, Donald Trump is not the only president to skip his successor’s inauguration
FALSE	(International: Vietnam): Rahul Gandhi’s family seen in Vietnam after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s death. Logically Facts rating: False Image doesn’t show Gandhi family in Vietnam post former PM’s death

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