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: Dr. Birx “changes tune on” COVID-19 vaccines and “admits vaccines don’t work.”
Politifact rating: False (She has been consistent. In a July 22 Fox News interview, she said, “I think we overplayed the vaccines, and it made people then worry that it’s not going to protect against severe disease and hospitalization. It will.” She also recommended people be vaccinated, saying, “we do believe it will protect you.”) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Post: claims President Joe Biden signed the ‘Drag Queen Initiative,’ which makes publicly criticizing pedophiles a federal offense
Check Your Fact rating: False (The tweet stems from a satirical account and shared by the gullible. There are no credible reports to suggest Biden signed such an initiative.) FACT CHECK: Did Joe Biden Sign An Initiative Outlawing Criticism Of Pedophiles? |
| NO EVIDENCE |
Claim by Jimmy Dore: The current monkeypox outbreak is a result of a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
FactCheck.org rating: No Evidence (Baseless claim) Posts Distort Chinese Research Creating Fragment of Monkeypox Viral Genome |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Social media users, Diamond and Silk: No one was arrested inside the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021
USA Today rating: False (Several people were arrested inside the Capitol on the day of the attack, and hundreds of arrests have been made since.) Fact check: False claim that no arrests were made in Capitol on Jan. 6 |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Jim Jordan told Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, “You’re just dumb.”
Politifact rating: False (Didn’t say it.) Video doesn’t show Jim Jordan insulting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez |
| FALSE | (International: canada-media-profile/">Canada): Three doctors in Canada died after receiving a fourth COVID shot.
Lead Stories rating: False (Not Related) Fact Check: NO Evidence 3 Canadian Doctors Died After Receiving 4th COVID-19 Shot |
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