Fact Checking

MBFC’s Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 10/22/2024

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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 Donald Trump (R): Kamala Harris “supports taxpayer-funded sex changes for prisoners and illegal aliens.” Politifact rating: Mostly True ( During the Trump presidency, the legal obligation to provide necessary medical care, including gender-affirming care, to federal prisoners was in place and not changed by Trump. The Trump administration acknowledged this requirement under federal law. During Kamala Harris’ 2019 primary run, she supported gender-affirming surgery for federal prisoners and immigration detainees. Recently, she stated she would “follow the law.” Federal law mandates necessary medical care for inmates, with courts including gender-affirming care.) Harris’ support for prisoner access to transgender surgery aligns with federal law and court rulings Donald Trump Rating
FALSE	Claim by Peter McCullough: COVID-19 vaccines “are not safe”; “People who are taking it in the arm, they’re dying of cardiac arrests and blood clots, they’re having all these complications”; Early treatment protocols, like the ‘McCullough protocol’ […] that’s really the game changer. Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate (Studies don’t show that people who received a COVID-19 vaccine are more likely to die than unvaccinated people. On the contrary, estimates suggest vaccine protection against COVID-19 saved millions of lives. COVID-19 vaccines don’t create toxic levels of spike protein in the body. Therefore, “detox” protocols against vaccination are unnecessary. Peter McCullough misleads again about the benefits and risks of COVID-19 vaccines in viral interview
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: claims U.S. Marines recently torched a self-storage unit in Atlanta containing thousands of fraudulent mail-in ballots. Check Your Fact rating: False (Originated as satire and shared by the gullible.) FACT CHECK: Did The US Marine Corps Torch Fraudulent Mail-In Ballots In Georgia?
BLATANT LIE	Claim by National Republican Senatorial Committee: Under Kamala Harris, “300,000 Pennsylvania jobs that depend on fracking would also disappear.” FactCheck.org rating: False (Vice President Kamala Harris has said that she will not attempt to ban fracking if elected president, a reversal of a position that she took during her 2020 presidential campaign.) Ad Misleads on Harris’ Fracking Position, Uses Debatable Figure for Fracking-Reliant Jobs in PA NRSC Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Bill Gates is planning to weaponize AI to silence anyone opposing his vaccine. Logically Facts rating: False (Bill Gates never said that.) Gates doesn’t discuss using AI to stop vaccine skepticism in clip
FALSE	(International: India): Video shows the shooter of Baba Siddique giving a press conference under police custody. BOOM Fact Check rating: False No, Video Does Not Show Baba Siddique Shooter Addressing Press From Jail \| BOOM