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 Joe Biden (D): “This isn’t going to be anything like my predecessor, whose unpaid tax cuts and other spending added nearly $8 trillion in his four years to the national debt.”
FactCheck.org rating: Mostly False (Trump did not quite add 8 trillion to the debt and Biden will increase debt significantly) |
| FALSE | Claim via Social media: If you have natural immunity from COVID-19, you don’t need the vaccine
USA Today rating: False (vaccines increase immunity for those with post infections) Fact check: Vaccine has benefits even for those with past COVID-19 infections |
| FALSE | Claim by viral post: Claims Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s medical license was revoked.
Check Your Fact rating: False |
| TRUE | Claim by Gwen Moore (D): “324,000 pregnant people experience domestic violence during their pregnancy.”
PolitiFact rating: True Yes, about 324,000 Americans per year experience domestic violence during pregnancy |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by citizenfreepress.com: Germanys largest newspaper apologized for covid hysteria.
Lead Stories rating: False Fact Check: German Newspaper Bild Did NOT Apologize For ‘Covid Hysteria’ Citizen Free Press Rating |
| FALSE | (International: India): Claim by China Daily: “Wilson Edwards, a biologist in Switzerland … said on his Facebook account: ‘As a biologist, I’ve witnessed in consternation over the past months how the origin-tracing of COVID-19 was politicized’.”
POLYGRAPH.info rating: False China Cites Fictitious Scientist to Muddy COVID-19 Origins, Then Covers Up |
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