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MBFC’s Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 07/01/2024

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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 by Joe Biden (D): Trump “wants to get rid of Social Security, he thinks there’s plenty to cut in Social Security.”

PolitiFact rating: False (his campaign website says that not “a single penny” should be cut from Social Security, and he’s repeated similar lines in campaign rallies.)

2024 presidential debate fact-check: How accurate were Joe Biden, Donald Trump?

Joe Biden Rating

BLATANT
LIE
Claim by The Exposé: Covid-19 vaccines caused 14,000 percent increase in US cancer cases.

AFP Fact Check rating: False

Anti-vaccine website falsely claims Covid jabs behind cancer uptick

The Expose Rating

FALSE Claim by Donald Trump (R): “I gave you the largest tax cut in history.”

PolitiFact rating: False (When it was passed in 2017, Trump’s tax cut was, in inflation-adjusted dollars, the fourth-largest since 1940. And as a percentage of gross domestic product, it ranked seventh in history.)

2024 presidential debate fact-check: How accurate were Joe Biden, Donald Trump?

Donald Trump Rating

BLATANT
LIE
Claim via Social Media: “Lia Thomas announces retirement from competitive swimming.”

PolitiFact rating: False (Originated as satire)

Swimmer Lia Thomas didn’t announce her retirement

MOSTLY
TRUE
Claim by Joe Biden (D): “I said I’d never raise the tax on anybody if you’re making less than $400,000. I didn’t.”

PolitiFact rating: Mostly True (He has not raised any individual income taxes on Americans earning less than $400,000 a year. It’s always possible that individual taxpayers could see increases because of changes in their personal circumstances.)

2024 presidential debate fact-check: How accurate were Joe Biden, Donald Trump?

Joe Biden Rating

FALSE (International: Palestine): Bombs that look like cans of food and explode on opening were planted in a Palestinian school by Israeli soldiers.

Australian Associated Press rating: False (The cans are containers for detonators and do not explode on opening.)

Experts dismiss ‘exploding cans’ claim – Australian Associated Press

Disclaimer: We are providing links to fact-checks by third-party fact-checkers. If you do not agree with a fact check, please directly contact the source of that fact check.


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