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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 Nick LaLota (R): “On Feb. 25, I voted yes on a budget resolution that protects Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid while cutting some spending elsewhere.”
Politifact rating: False (Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.) said he backed the GOP budget resolution to protect Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. However, the plan calls for $880 billion in cuts over 10 years, mostly from Medicaid, which makes up 93% of the targeted spending. The resolution includes no language explicitly protecting Medicaid.) LaLota says he was voting to protect Medicaid, other programs. The budget resolution doesn’t do that |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: A post shared on X claims that CNN only aired President Donald Trump’s July 13 Butler, PA rally live.
Check Your Fact rating: False (CNN aired several other Trump rallies.) FACT CHECK: CNN Aired Several Trump Rallies Live, Not Just Butler |
| NO EVIDENCE |
Claim via Social Media: GPS data proves 84% of devices at Sanders/AOC Colorado rally had attended 9 or more ‘pro-Hamas’, antifa, BLM rallies
Lead Stories rating: Unsupported (The post doesn’t offer a replicable analysis of the data. The post does not offer links to the raw data or data sources.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: An audio clip authentically features U.S. Vice President JD Vance criticizing tech billionaire Elon Musk.
Snopes rating: Fake |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: An authentic video shows a real teacher kicking a student out of her classroom for wearing a MAGA hat.
Lead Stories rating: False (It’s a Sketch) |
| FALSE | (International: Pakistan): Video shows Muslim man from Pakistan marrying his daughter.
Logically Facts rating: False Scripted video falsely shared as Muslim man marrying his daughter |
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