Fact Checking

MBFC’s Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 08/13/2024

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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 Lindsey Graham (R): Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed “legislation giving free college … to illegal immigrants.” Politifact rating: Mostly True (A bill Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., signed into law in 2023 created a scholarship program to cover tuition costs at Minnesota public colleges and universities for students whose household income is less than $80,000 a year. Students who are illegally in the U.S. can apply if they have attended a Minnesota school for at least three years and graduated or received a GED certificate in Minnesota.) Gov. Tim Walz signed law giving some Minnesota students, including migrants, free in-state tuition
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Donald Trump owed landing fees of $12,000 or some other amount of money to Bozeman airport in Montana and this is the reason for his August 9, 2024 diversion to Billings airport. Lead Stories rating: False (Not according to the airport. Landing was diverted due to a mechanical issue.) Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Owe Money To Bozeman Airport — Plane Diversion Due To Mechanical Reasons
FALSE	Claim by Wisconsin Republican Party: Tim Walz suggested he wanted to give ladders to migrants. KGW rating: False (Walz did not suggest he wanted to give ladders to migrants. He said: “He talks about this wall, I always say, ‘let me know how high it is, if it’s 25 feet then I’ll invest in a 30-foot-ladder factory,’” Walz says, referencing Trump’s plans to build a border wall. “That’s not how you stop this.” But Walz was not offering to help people enter the U.S. without authorization. He was actually discussing alternative measures to secure the border.) Did Tim Walz suggest he wanted to give ladders to migrants? \| kgw.com
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): Donald Trump’s speech in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, featured a larger crowd than did Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963. Snopes rating: False (Not even close) Was Trump’s Jan. 6 Crowd Bigger Than for MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech? Donald Trump Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Photo shows Pete Buttigieg using a device that allows a man to simulate breastfeeding a baby. FactCheck.org rating: False (Altered image) Posts Use Altered Image of Buttigieg in Battle over Who’s ‘Weird’
MOSTLY TRUE	(International: South Africa): The unemployment rate in South Africa is 42%. The youth unemployment rate is 60%. Africa Check rating: Mostly Correct The challenge ahead: Fact-checking South Africa’s new lawmakers as parliament kicks off