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. 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 Ted Nugent: Justice Sonia Sotomayor tested positive for COVID-19, according to Facebook post showing image with altered CNBC headline.
FactCheck.org rating: False (Ted Nugent is gullible.) Ted Nugent Posts Fake Headline, Claim About Sotomayor’s Health |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: NASA ‘admits’ polar ice has increased since 1979 and denies significant warming over the last 18 years
USA Today rating: False (They did the opposite… NASA researchers have documented the loss of trillions of tons of ice from Earth’s poles due to human-driven climate change.) |
| MOSTLY TRUE |
Claim via Social Media: Omicron is “the fastest-spreading virus known to humankind.”
Politifact rating: Mostly True (When measuring the speed of global spread, the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is the fastest in history, experts say. However, Measles is the most contagious.) Is omicron variant the fastest spreading virus? It depends on the metric used for measuring |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by americasfrontlinedoctors.org: The Purpose Of COVID-19 Vaccines Is To ‘Kill Off A Large Proportion Of The Population’
Lead Stories rating: False (More debunked quackery) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral Video: A video shared on Facebook purportedly shows Slovenian tennis player Dalila Jakupović collapsing during a match at the 2022 Australian Open.
Check Your Fact rating: False (video had been filmed in January 2020, well before COVID-19 vaccines were produced or administered.) FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show Dalila Jakupović Collapsing At The 2022 Australian Open? |
| FALSE | (International: china-media-profile/">China): Video shows Chinese schoolchildren wearing hazmat suits
USA Today rating: False Fact check: Chinese children wore spacesuits, not hazmat outfits |
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