The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 7/25/2021

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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

BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: “Income taxes are voluntary.” PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (Try not paying themand get back to me) Paying taxes is not voluntary
FALSE	Claim by Steve Deace, Ron Paul, Charlie Kirk: Post-vaccination deaths reported to VAERS are caused by the vaccine Health Feedback rating: Misleading (VAERS reports alone don’t demonstrate causal relationships between a vaccine and adverse events, as these events can simply be incidental illnesses and deaths unrelated to vaccination.) VAERS reports may initiate investigations into potential associations between a vaccine and adverse events, but on their own cannot prove causality Ron Paul Report Rating, Turning Point USA Rating
MOSTLY FALSE	Claim by Joe Biden (D): “We’ve inoculated over 160 million people, 85% of people over the age of 50.” FactCheck.org rating: Mostly False (72% are fully vaccinated) FactChecking Biden’s CNN Town Hall
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Washington police can’t chase kidnappers after reforms Lead Stories rating: False (Yes, Cops Can) Fact Check: New Washington State Reforms Would NOT Prevent Police From Chasing Violent Suspects
NO EVIDENCE	Claim by Rand Paul (R): On the origins of the coronavirus, “all the evidence is pointing that it came from the lab.” FactCheck.org rating: No Evidence (while it may have come from the lab, there isn’t actual evidence that it did) Fauci and Paul, Round 2
FALSE	(International: United Kingdom): Claim by Boris Johnson – Vaccines have severed the link between Covid-19 infections and serious disease or death. Full Fact rating: Incorrect (Vaccinated people are much less likely to catch Covid-19, or get seriously ill or die from it, but the link between infections and deaths has not been removed completely.) Was Dawn Butler right about Boris Johnson ‘lying’ to Parliament? – Full Fact

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