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The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 01/15/2024

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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 Did he say it? In 2020, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden posted the following on Twitter: “As President, I will use military power responsibly and as a last resort. We will not go back to forever wars in the Middle East.”

Snopes.com rating: Correct Attribution

Did Biden Say in 2020 He Would Use Military Power ‘Responsibly’ and ‘as a Last Resort’?

BLATANT
LIE
Claim via Social Media: Massachusetts will require people to host migrants in their homes.

KGW rating: False (The state has asked people to host migrants, but hasn’t required it.)

Massachusetts is not requiring people to house migrants in homes

FALSE Claim by Donald Trump (R): “We won this case already in the court of appeals, the court of appeals voted in favor of us, but this judge has been very, very slow to accept that opinion.”

FactCheck.org rating: False (He has not. The appeals court has allowed the case to proceed.)

Trump Distorts the Facts About His New York Civil Trial

Donald Trump Rating

TRUE Claim by Ron DeSantis (R): “When she was governor of South Carolina, she was rated 50th in education, dead last. You know where Florida is under my watch? Number one in the nation.”

Washington Post rating: Correct

Analysis | Fact-checking the fifth Republican presidential debate

Ron DeSantis Rating

BLATANT
LIE
Claim by Hulda Clark: A “zapper” can kill parasites, bacteria, and viruses; it cures all diseases.

Science Feedback rating: Incorrect (There is no clinical evidence demonstrating that applying a low-voltage electric device to the body kills parasites or provides any health benefit to people with serious illnesses such as cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, or AIDS.)

Hulda Clark’s “zapper” device is based on pseudoscience; doesn’t kill parasites or cure diseases

FALSE (International: Israel): Bloodied Palestinian baby doll was “made in Israel.”

PolitiFact rating: False (Not made by Israel. It was an art project.)

Bloodied Palestinian baby doll wasn’t made by Israel. It was an art protest.

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