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
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Natasha Marcus (D): Says North Carolina bill “would allow politically active 501(c)(4) organizations to hide major donors while using their money to support or oppose candidates and political issues.”
Politifact rating: Mostly False (Her tweet leaves out that most 501(c)(4) donor identities are already concealed from the public.) What North Carolina’s donor privacy bill would, and wouldn’t, do for nonprofits |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral Social Media image: Former President Donald Trump owns “half of Moderna.”
Check Your Fact rating: False (He doesn’t) |
| FALSE | Claim by Andrew Giuliani: “The one good thing about the antibodies if you’ve had it, is it actually is even better than the vaccine, and here’s why. With the vaccine you can still transmit, with the antibodies you can’t transmit.”
PolitiFact rating: False (Everything wrong) Claim from Giuliani on Covid-19 spread ‘wrong on every level’ |
| FALSE | Claim by The Post Millennial: “Fauci admits to masking after vaccination for the sake of optics, not science”
Health Feedback rating: False (Mask recommendations changed and they reduce virus transmission) |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Josh Mandel (R): “The federal government spent over $500k trying to force fish to exercise on treadmills, an additional $150k to see if gingerbread houses are earthquake proof.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False Fish treadmills, earthquake-proof gingerbread houses? Not so fast |
| FALSE | (International: Sweden): Claim by Viral Image: Sweden stopped using PCR tests.
Check Your Fact rating: False FACT CHECK: Did Sweden Stop Using PCR Tests To Diagnose COVID-19? |
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