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 Roy Cooper (D): Georgia has “almost 100,000 more (COVID-19) cases, almost twice as many deaths and almost 600 more nursing home deaths than North Carolina.”
Politifact rating: True Roy Cooper compares Georgia’s COVID-19 numbers to North Carolina |
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Claim by National Pulse and Zerohedge: Fabricated genetic sequences were used to support the hypothesis that the virus arose naturally
Health Feedback rating: Unsupported |
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Claim by David McKinley (R): “Nearly 800 million opioid pills were shipped to WV, amounting to 433 pills for every man, woman, and child in the state.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly True |
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Claim via Social Media: President Donald Trump is required by law not to show his tax returns.
USA Today rating: False Fact check: Donald Trump can legally release his income tax returns |
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Claim by Donald Trump (R): Cited “explosive documents” published by the New York Post to claim Joe Biden “went to Ukraine and threatened to withhold $1 billion in aid if they did not fire the prosecutor that was investigating his son and the company that his son worked for.”
FactCheck.org rating: False |
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(International: India) Claim: Video shows a failed flight test of India’s Missile.
The Logical Indian rating: False Fact Check: Video Of Russian Proto-M Missile Explosion Passed Off As Failure Of Indian Test Missile |
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