Fact Checking
MBFC’s Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 06/06/2024
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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
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: New York has a law against doxxing.
KGW rating: False (There are no anti-doxxing laws, but could be considered harassment.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Claims Dr. David Morens was purportedly killed at JAG’s Pensacola headquarters
Check Your Fact rating: False (Originated as satire) FACT CHECK: Facebook Post Falsely Claims Former Fauci Adviser David Morens Was Killed |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan’s “daughter was paid $4M by Adam Schiff” and “his wife works with Letitia James.”
FactCheck.org rating: False ( The judge’s wife works for a Republican district attorney, not the Democratic state attorney general, and a high-profile Democrat did not personally pay his daughter.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Marco Rubio (R):” Look at what happened in Arizona, 200,000 ballots, that the signatures didn’t match.”
Washington Post rating: Four Pinocchios Analysis | Marco Rubio spreads debunked election claims about 2020 ballots |
| MOSTLY TRUE |
Claim by Ron Johnson (R): Says in his three election campaigns, the early polls were “wildly incorrect, all three times.”
Politifact rating: Mostly True (Polls conducted on Ron Johnson, R-Wis’ Senate runs in 2010, 2016 and 2022 showed him trailing in the early months, especially in 2016, then winning each time. But polls show the changing dynamics of a campaign, and can’t be used as a predictor until the race’s very last weeks.) Ron Johnson said people shouldn’t trust early polling. It’s a bit more complicated than that. |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): Claim by Rishi Sunak: Small boat arrivals are down by “a third” in the last 12 months.
Full Fact rating: False (They fell by this much in 2023 compared to 2022, but provisional data shows in the 12 months to 3 June 2024 small boat arrivals were down by 25% year-on-year, not a third.) |
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