Each day 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. (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
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Claim by Alex Jones: “President Trump is in great danger. Evidence is mounting that he’s being deliberately killed at Walter Reed Military Hospital.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire Evidence is not mounting that doctors are trying to kill Trump |
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Claim via Social Media: Can incarcerated people receive the $1,200 economic stimulus check behind bars?
Lead Stories rating: True Fact Check: Incarcerated People CAN Receive The $1,200 Stimulus Check Behind Bars |
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Claim by Facebook posts: “Bikers show up to The Walter Reed Hospital to pray for President Trump.”
PolitiFact rating: False Video shows protesters in South Africa, not bikers praying for Trump |
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Claim by Breitbart: Did Sen. Thom Tillis contract the coronavirus despite wearing a mask at the White House Rose Garden event announcing President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee?
Lead Stories rating: False |
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Claim by Sara Gideon (D): Says Susan Collins “pushed for policies that benefited her husband’s lobbying business.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False Claim that Maine Sen. Susan Collins acted to help her husband’s firm falls short |
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(International: Australia) Claim: Comorbidity data from an Australian Department of Health report shows there are far fewer coronavirus-related deaths than those reported in official figures.
Australian Associated Press rating: False |
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