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. We fact-check the fact-checkers and let you know their bias. 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 via Social Media: A White House official said a fourth round of stimulus payments are being made to eligible American.
FactCheck.org rating: False (Old video. There is no fourth payment.) Social Media Posts Use Old Video of White House Official to Make False Claim About Stimulus Checks |
| FALSE | Claim by Chuck Schumer (D): “Until 1981, this powerful body, the Supreme Court, was all white men.”
The Dispatch rating: False (President Lydon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall in 1967, and Marshall became the first black Supreme Court justice. Schumer admitted he misspoke.) Fact Check: Chuck Schumer Misspeaks About the Composition of the Court |
| FALSE | Claim by Tom Cotton (R): “[A]t a time when we had 2 million illegal immigrants cross our border under Joe Biden’s tenure in office. That’s like adding the entire population of Nebraska to this country.”
FactCheck.org rating: False ( way off, there were close to 2 million apprehensions with most turned away) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Sherri Tenpenny via rumble.com: Vaccination Agenda Is Darker Than Anyone Could Imagine, vaccines enable Quantum Entanglement between humans and external source
Lead Stories rating: False (more crackpot theories from a known crackpot.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Ronny Jackson (R): “In 2022, illegal immigrants will have MORE FREEDOMS and easier access to healthcare and ballot boxes than most Americans… Just think about that.”
Politifact rating: Pants on Fire (Noncitizens cannot vote in federal, state, and almost all local elections. Some localities allow noncitizens to vote, but that applies to lawfully present immigrants. Undocumented immigrants do not have access to federal health care coverage. There is only one exception for Medicaid emergency funding for health providers who serves undocumented immigrants in an emergency situation.) Ronny Jackson wrong on unauthorized immigrant access to ballot, health care coverage |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom: Claim by GB News: The CDC said that immunity from a prior Covid-19 infection is “paramount”.
Full Fact rating: False (This is not what the CDC said. It recommends vaccination against Covid-19.) A surgeon made several incorrect claims about Covid-19 vaccine on GB News – Full Fact |
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