Fact Checking

MBFC’s Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 09/10/2024

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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 via Social Media: Donald Trump’s campaign has unpaid bills in multiple U.S. cities. KREM rating: True (Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has unpaid bills in at least six cities for costs associated with his rallies and campaign events over the years. Those cities are: Albuquerque, New Mexico; El Paso, Texas; Erie, Pennsylvania; Mesa, Arizona; Lebanon, Ohio; and Spokane, Washington.) Trump campaign has unpaid bills in these cities \| krem.com
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Police in Aurora, Colorado, issued a shelter-in-place order for the city on September 4, 2024, in response to Venezuelan gang violence. Lead Stories rating: False (Not related.) Fact Check: Aurora, Colorado, Police Shelter-In-Place Order NOT Related To Venezuelan Gang Violence
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Tiger Woods said ‘Kamala’s fake black accent is … extremely offensive’ USA Today rating: False (No evidence this was said.) No evidence Woods said ‘black accent’ quote about Harris \| Fact check
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: The U.S. Social Security Administration reported over 10 million undocumented immigrants had registered to vote in the November 2024 U.S. election as of September 2024. Snopes.com rating: False (While these numbers do come from a table housed on the SSA website, they do not represent non-citizens registering to vote. Instead, they represent the number of times each state’s election officials accessed a federal database known as the Help America Vote Verification (HAVV) system.) No, 10M ‘Illegal Aliens’ Weren’t Newly Registered To Vote in 2024 in US
MOSTLY FALSE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): Vice President Kamala Harris “cast the tiebreaking votes that caused the worst inflation in American history, costing a typical American family $28,000.” PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking vote to advance President Biden’s 2021 American Rescue Plan Act, a pandemic relief bill. While inflation wasn’t the worst in American history, Trump’s cited $28,000 increase is a credible estimate of extra household costs under the Biden-Harris administration. However, the figure overlooks wage gains that have offset much—or, depending on the timeframe, all—of those increased costs.) Fact-checking Trump on the scale and causes of inflation Donald Trump Rating
FALSE	(International: India): Video shows Rahul Gandhi threatening Hindus once BJP government goes out of power BOOM Fact Check rating: False Cropped Video Falsely Shared As Rahul Gandhi Threatening Hindus \| BOOM