Fact Checking

MBFC’s Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 08/02/2024

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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 Pete Buttigieg (D): “Even before the pandemic, America went into a manufacturing recession.” PolitiFact rating: Mostly True (There is no official definition for when an industrial sector goes into recession, but by two common metrics — employment and output — U.S. manufacturing tipped negatively starting in early 2019, Trump’s third year in office.) Was U.S. manufacturing in recession before the pandemic?
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: RFK Jr. ended news conference abruptly after being asked if he was confused. USA Today rating: False (altered video) Kennedy news conference video deceptively edited \| Fact check
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: Trump has publicly endorsed Project 2025. 10TV rating: False (Former President Donald Trump has never publicly endorsed Project 2025. The former president and his campaign have recently distanced themselves from the initiative on multiple occasions.) Is Trump behind Project 2025? What he’s said about the plan \| 10tv.com
NO EVIDENCE	Claim via Social Media: Melinda French Gates donated $52 million to U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign in July 2024. Snopes rating: Unfounded (While Melinda French Gates publicly confirmed she donated to Kamala Harris’ campaign in July 2024, there is no proof the amount was $52 million.) Melinda French Gates Donated $52M to Kamala Harris’ Campaign?
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): Kamala Harris was “Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden, she made a turn and she went, she became a Black person.” PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (This is a blatantly false mischaracterization of Harris’ background and heritage, and how she has spoken about, and identified with, her race and ethnicity.) Trump’s Pants on Fire claim that Harris ‘became Black’ Donald Trump Rating
FALSE	(International: Venezuela): Video shows “several masked men stormed a local voting station and stole the ballot boxes” in Venezuela’s 2024 election. PolitiFact rating: False (Stealing AC units.) This video doesn’t show men stealing ballot boxes from Venezuelan voting sites, they’re AC units