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 Rob Portman (R): “It’s paid for,” referring to the bipartisan Senate infrastructure bill.
FactCheck.org rating: Mostly False (Not really, still increases the debt) Senators Claim Infrastructure Bill Is ‘Paid For’; Experts Disagree |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: There is an active serial killer targeting women in Atlanta
USA Today rating: False Fact check: Posts make false claims of active serial killer in Atlanta |
| FALSE | Claim by Rick Scott (R): Joe Biden and Democrats “have done absolutely nothing to help families struggling to keep up with inflation.”
PolitiFact rating: False (multiple things done) Rick Scott’s false claim that Biden, Democrats have done nothing to help families pay their bills |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Officer Michael Fanone Was U.S. Capitol Rioter Carrying A Confederate Flag
Lead Stories rating: False (It was insurrectionist Kevin Seefried) Fact Check: Officer Michael Fanone Was NOT US Capitol Rioter Carrying A Confederate Flag |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral image: It’s safer to be unvaccinated than vaccinated against COVID-19.
PolitiFact rating: False (Complete opposite is true) Safer to be unvaccinated against COVID-19? In several ways, that’s False |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): Claim by The Daily Expose: Vaccinated people are 885% more likely to die of Covid-19 than unvaccinated people
AFP Fact Check rating: False England data misrepresented in false claims linking deaths to Covid-19 shots |
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