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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
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Authentic screenshot shows Josh Shapiro arson suspect with “F@ck Trump” on selfie
Lead Stories rating: False (The picture that went viral after the release of the suspect’s name was digitally altered. The caption of the original selfie, which predated the attack by five years, did not mention Donald Trump at all.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Tech billionaire Elon Musk invested $5 million to build affordable housing for low-income families.
Snopes rating: False (Fake AI story.) No evidence Musk invested $5M to build affordable housing for low-income families |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Leaked audio of Elon Musk telling President Donald Trump that “Tesla is going down” is authentic
Lead Stories rating: False (100% AI.) Fact Check: Audio Of Elon Musk Telling President Trump ‘Telsa Is Going Down’ Is NOT Real |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: A video authentically shows a Black female doctor denying a white male patient care because of his “Make America Great Again” hat.
Snopes rating: False (It was a staged skit.) Video of Black female doctor denying white male patient care over his MAGA hat was staged |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Navy JAG has purportedly arrested Soros-funded agitators for disrupting Republican town halls
Check Your Fact rating: False (Originated as satire) FACT CHECK: Has Navy JAG Arrested ‘Soros-Funded Agitators’ For Disrupting Republican Town Halls? |
| FALSE | (International: Pakistan): Trump decries persecution of Christians in Muslim-majority Pakistan.
AFP Fact Check rating: False AI-generated video of Trump pledging to ‘bring Pakistani Christians to US’ spreads online |
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I remember when there might be a few true news stories in that fact-checked group. But, I’m not surprised by all of the red.
There usually are some. This is a holiday week, and most fact-checkers are not working, so we dig deep to find some leftovers.