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MBFC’s Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 05/13/2024
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Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers who 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
| MOSTLY TRUE |
Claim by Kamala Harris (D): In his Time magazine interview, Donald Trump “said states have the right to monitor pregnant women to enforce these bans, and states have the right to punish pregnant women for seeking out abortion care.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly True (Former President Donald Trump’s comments to a Time Magazine reporter allowed for the possibility of states monitoring and punishing women for getting illegal abortions, but he wasn’t as explicit about whether he thought they should. Trump told the reporter that the reporter would need to ask the states “because the states are going to say.”) Did Trump say states have the right to monitor, punish women over abortion, as Kamala Harris said? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: FDA says aluminum maximum is 4 micrograms per kilogram of weight.
USA Today rating: False (The guideline for safe aluminum exposure referenced in the claim has nothing to do with vaccination. It is the amount allowed in intravenously administered nutrition for people with kidney issues, which is far lower than what is considered safe in a vaccine.) Federal regulations limit aluminum in vaccines to 1.25 mg | Fact check |
| MISLEADING | Claim by Viral Video: A post shared on X claimed Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz sold $500,000 worth of Goldman Sachs stock.
Check Your Fact rating: Misleading (The stock was sold by Cruz’s wife, Heidi Cruz. The stock was worth between $250,000 and $500,000.) FACT CHECK: Did Ted Cruz Sell $500,000 Worth Of Goldman Sachs Stock? |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Tim Scott (R): Under Donald Trump “we had the lowest unemployment rates for African Americans, for Hispanics, for Asians, a 70-year low for women.”
FactCheck.org rating: Mostly False (The lowest unemployment rate on record for African Americans was under President Joe Biden, and the lowest unemployment rate for Hispanics was the same under both presidents. Women also had their lowest unemployment rate since the 1950s under Biden.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the United States and Ukraine won World War II.
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (Didn’t say it) |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan announced Aboriginal people will be exempt from state taxes.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (The premier has made no such announcement.) Treaty tax exemption claim is total trash – Australian Associated Press |
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