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: U.S. President Donald Trump said: “I hear Colombia, the country of Colombia, is making cocaine. They have cocaine manufacturing plants, OK? And then they sell us their cocaine. We appreciate that very much.”
Snopes rating: True (He said this. Trump’s intent behind the remark was unclear.) Trump said ‘we appreciate’ that Colombia sells cocaine to the US |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: The SEC is investigating 10 Democrats, including former President Joe Biden, for fraud and insider trading.
Lead Stories rating: False (Satire Post) |
| FALSE | Claim by FDA official Vinay Prasad: The Biden administration mandated COVID-19 vaccines in schools.
FactCheck.org rating: False (The federal government does not have the authority to mandate school vaccination; no such mandate existed.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP): The hepatitis B vaccine at birth mainly protects “other people,” not the infant.
PolitiFact rating: False (Infants are the most vulnerable population. About 90% of infected newborns develop chronic hepatitis B, and roughly 25% eventually die from liver disease or cancer. The universal birth dose is primarily to protect the baby, not others.) Hepatitis B vaccine debate at ACIP: Four fact-checkable moments |
| FALSE | (International: Ukraine): Ukrainian investigators recovered jewels stolen from the Louvre museum from the assets of a Ukrainian billionaire Timur Mindich
Lead Stories rating: False (Not Found Yet) |
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