Fact Checking

MBFC’s Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 11/01/2024

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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

TRUE	Claim via Social Media: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris once said the authorities could go into gunowners’ houses to check that guns are safely stored. Snopes rating: True (Harris made those remarks in 2007, when she was district attorney in San Francisco and the city was attempting to curb gun deaths. Legislation requiring gun safes and trigger locks passed months later and was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015.) Harris Once Said Authorities Could Go Into Houses To Ensure Guns Are Stored Safely?
FALSE	Claim by Kamala Harris (D): Trump lost more manufacturing jobs than any other president. KGW rating: False (While roughly 200,000 manufacturing jobs were lost during Donald Trump’s presidency, it wasn’t the largest decline in history.) No, Trump didn’t lose more manufacturing jobs than any other president, like Walz claimed Kamala Harris Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: “Schaumburg, Illinois not recording votes, just putting votes ‘in a box.’” PolitiFact rating: False (The ballot scanner in an early voting location in Schaumburg, Illinois, was temporarily down Oct. 21. It was restored by 2 p.m. the same day. A spokesperson for the Cook County Clerk’s Office said all 760 voters who cast a ballot in the Schaumburg early voting location had their votes counted the same day.) An Illinois township’s ballot scanner was down. Ballots were still processed, contrary to claims.
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Basic expenses cost a family $11K more a year than they did 18 months ago. USA Today rating: False (Multiple measures put the annualized inflationary costs for basic goods and services around $3,000, not $11,000.) Post overestimates cost of inflation in past 18 months \| Fact check
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: At Vice President Kamala Harris’ Houston campaign rally, when an attendee had a medical emergency, none of the “abortion doctors” onstage helped. PolitiFact rating: False (Once it was clear someone had summoned a medic, Ivey amplified the call for help and gestured to where help was needed. He kept gesturing until it was confirmed aid was provided. Doctors speaking at Vice President Kamala Harris’ rally did not ignore a person in medical distress
FALSE	(International: United Kingdom): The Chancellor Rachel Reeves said in an interview with Iain Dale on the BBC that 4,000 UK residents can sign up to an investment scheme with £200 which will see them receive up to £2,300 a month as dividends from taxes. Full Fact rating: False (Both the article, and the interview are not real. This is not government policy.) Fake BBC article falsely claims Rachel Reeves has pledged to share ‘income from taxes’ – Full Fact