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The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 01/17/2024
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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
| NO EVIDENCE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): COVID-19 “came out of Wuhan, the labs,” referring to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.
FactCheck.org rating: Unproven (Possibly, but no firm evidence to date.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Most US temperature sensors are near airport runways.
USA Today rating: False (Most U.S. temperature sensors are not positioned near airport runways, according to government agencies. Many lines of evidence, not just land-based temperature readings, show Earth is warming.) No, global warming isn’t the result of manipulated data | Fact check |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: There’s a new illness causing lingering coughs in the U.S.
KHOU rating: False (There isn’t a new coughing illness in the U.S.) Why so many people are coughing right now and what you can do |
| TRUE | Claim by Nikki Haley (R): Life expectancy is significantly longer today than it was when Social Security was created in the 1930s.
PolitiFact rating: True (Life expectancy has risen.) Who’s right on life expectancy, Ron DeSantis or Nikki Haley? Both |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social media: Oprah, Obama are among more than 160 confirmed visitors to Epstein Island
USA Today rating: False (Fake) Obama, Oprah, Kimmel among names on fabricated Epstein island visitor list | Fact check |
| FALSE | (International: India): A video shows the preparation of the inaugration of the Ram Temple in which twenty five thousand sacred fire pits will be used for a Hindu ritual.
The Quint rating: False Unrelated Video From Varanasi Falsely Linked to Ayodhya Ram Mandir Inauguration |
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