Fact Checking

MBFC’s Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 07/08/2024

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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

TRUE	Claim by Joe Biden (D): U.S. President Joe Biden claimed in June 2024 that the U.S. trade deficit with China had reached its lowest level since 2010. Snopes rating: True ( In 2010, the U.S. had bought $273 billion worth of goods more than it sold to China — the world’s manufacturing leader. This trade deficit soared under Trump at $418 billion. While it rose in 2021 and 2022 as the world caught up on trade after the COVID-19 pandemic, it dropped again in 2023 to $279 billion.) US Trade Deficit With China Smallest Since 2010? Joe Biden Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Video shows human trafficking victims in back of truck in Atlanta. USA Today rating: False (The Gwinnett County Police Department said it pulled over the vehicle in the video and that the occupants were families moving from Alabama to Maryland. There was no evidence of trafficking, and the driver was ticketed for passengers not wearing a seatbelt.) False claim viral video shows human trafficking victims \| Fact check
FALSE	Claim by RFK. JR (I): Border Patrol agents take migrants “to the Yuma airport, put them on a plane to any destination they want. … And they pay their ticket. And then they get reimbursement from FEMA.” Politifact rating: False (Migrants must pay for their own flights or transportation after they’ve been released from U.S. Border Patrol custody. The Federal Emergency Management Agency reimburses some nonprofits that help migrants pay for their travel. But that is unrelated to Border Patrol.) Border Patrol does not pay for migrants’ flights, despite Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claim RFK Jr. Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Natural News: claims the Gates Foundation purportedly awarded $9.5 million to UW-Madison to make the H5N1 bird flu transmissible to humans Check Your Fact rating: False (The claim is false and originally stems from a June 17 article published on “Natural News,” a website that is known for promoting “disinformation.”) FACT CHECK: Instagram Post Makes False Claim About Gates Foundation, H5N1 Bird Flu Natural News Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Viral Image: “In official capacity, Biden orders DOJ to arrest 6 justices of SCOTUS.” PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (President Joe Biden didn’t order the arrest of six U.S. Supreme Court justices.) President Joe Biden didn’t order the arrest of Supreme Court justices
FALSE	(International: Russia): Claim by Vladimir Putin: Putin claims Zelensky’s father fought in WWII. Newsweek rating: False Fact Check: Putin Claims Zelensky’s Father Fought in WWII