Weekly Summary for Media Bias Fact Check (4/23/21 – 4/29/21)
This report consists of information, stats, and critical changes made on mediabiasfactcheck.com over the last 7 days. Friday to Thursday. Top Viewed Source Page: National...
The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 4/30/2021
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...
Florida passes new voting law that includes restrictions on vote-by-mail and drop boxes
Florida’s Legislature passed an election bill Thursday that includes restrictions on drop boxes and voting by mail over the concerns of Democrats and voting rights activists that the restrictions would amount to voter suppression.Both the House and the Senate passed the bill Thursday after weeks of negotiations between Republicans in both bodies. The bill is…
Poll: Nearly half of vaccine-hesitant Americans worried about side effects
U.S. resistance to getting a COVID-19 vaccine is slowly diminishing, a new online survey finds, but it still exists and at especially high rates in some blue-collar jobs — and nearly half of respondents are worried about side effects. For adults under age 65 who are hesitant, reluctance is mainly driven by concerns about safety,…
FactChecking Biden’s Address to Congress
By Angelo Fichera, D'Angelo Gore, Eugene Kiely and Robert Farley - Factcheck.org Summary In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Joe Biden got some facts wrong...
The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 4/29/2021
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office repeatedly overruled health officials to keep the nursing home death toll a secret, an effort that spanned months.
The effort by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's office to obscure the pandemic death toll in New York nursing homes was far greater than previously known,...
Federal investigators search Giuliani apartment: report
Federal prosecutors executed a search warrant at the apartment of Rudy Giuliani, advancing its investigation into former President Trump’s personal lawyer and his dealings with Ukraine, The New...
Media Bias Fact Check publishes their Top 10 Fact-Checkers for 2021
By Dave Van Zandt - Editor - Media Bias Fact Check Media Bias Fact Check relies on signatories of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) and...
The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 4/28/2021
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At 100 days, Americans see Biden as more moderate than Obama
WASHINGTON — Americans perceive Joe Biden as more moderate than Barack Obama at the same stage of his presidency, a new survey shows, even as progressive activists say the incumbent is governing to the left of the former president.The perception of Biden as a moderate may be helping him win support from congressional Democrats in…
The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 4/27/2021
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Recall effort to oust California Gov. Gavin Newsom officially has enough signatures
The effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom became official Monday, with state officials saying the campaign had collected 1.6 million valid signatures.Organizers needed 1.5 million people to back the recall election, which likely won’t occur until the fall.The announcement from the Secretary of State’s office comes days after Caitlyn Jenner — the former Olympian,…
Supreme Court agrees to decide whether gun owners have right to carry a weapon in public
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a major gun-rights claim and decide whether the 2nd Amendment gives law-abiding individuals a right to carry a...
The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 4/26/2021
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As India is overwhelmed by record numbers of COVID-19 cases, family members plead for oxygen for loved ones outside hospitals
NEW DELHI — With life-saving oxygen in short supply, families are left on their own to ferry people sick with COVID-19 from hospital to hospital in search of treatment as India is engulfed in a devastating surge of infections. Too often, their efforts end in mourning. On social media and in television footage, desperate relatives…
U.S. to provide Covid vaccine components, medical supplies to India
The United States will immediately provide raw materials for Covid-19 vaccines, medical equipment and protective gear to help India respond to a massive surge in coronavirus infections, a White House spokeswoman said on Sunday.”The United States is working around the clock to deploy available resources
Almost half of Republicans say Chauvin jury reached wrong verdict: poll
Nearly half of all Republicans questioned in a new poll said that they believe former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was wrongly convicted of murdering George Floyd.A total of 46 percent of respondents to the CBS News/YouGov poll who identified as Republican say the Hennepin County jury reached the “wrong verdict.” Only 10 percent of Democrats said…
Covid-19: UK sends supplies to India amid record virus surge
image copyrightReutersimage captionPatients are dying without oxygen as India battles a record surge of Covid-19 casesMore than 600 pieces of medical equipment are being sent to India as the country faces a record surge of coronavirus cases, the UK government has said.The assistance package includes 495 oxygen concentrators – which extract oxygen from the air…
The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 4/25/2021
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...