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
| FALSE | Claim by Steve Kirsch: The Florida study shows “the Pfizer vaccine was not safe” and “it killed people.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (The study did not compare vaccinated people with unvaccinated people and cannot determine whether either vaccine increased overall mortality. Experts said the findings show only an association between Pfizer and Moderna recipients, not proof that Pfizer caused harm.) Florida’s Surgeon General Spins State COVID-19 Vaccine Comparison Study |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: A roughly 90,000-vote drop in Associated Press election-night results for Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District showed that votes were removed and may have changed the outcome of the race.
Lead Stories rating: False (The Associated Press said a vote-entry error briefly produced incorrect totals and was quickly corrected. Nevada election officials said votes are not removed from candidates’ official totals, and the person who highlighted the discrepancy acknowledged he had no evidence that fraud occurred.) Fact Check: NO Evidence 90,000 Drop In Votes In Nevada District 2 House Race Was Fraud — An AP Typo |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Falling gas prices mean “the gas companies purposely increased the prices so you would blame Trump and vote blue.”
PolitiFact rating: False (Gas prices had been declining since late September, well before the Nov. 3 election. Analysts attributed the drop mainly to normal seasonal factors and increased Middle East oil flows, and PolitiFact found no evidence that gas companies coordinated price increases to hurt Trump politically.) Falling gas prices aren’t proof gas companies inflated prices to hurt Trump |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): Seven million people were on NHS waiting lists when Labour was elected, which means seven million people were not able to work properly.
Full Fact rating: Incorrect (About 6.4 million people were on the NHS England waiting list at the end of June 2024. Many of them were children or over 65. In a separate ONS survey, only a minority of adults on a hospital waiting list said waiting had negatively affected their employment.) Not everyone on NHS waiting lists is ‘not able to work properly’ – Full Fact |
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