Fact Checking

The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 02/15/2024

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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

MOSTLY FALSE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): Food “costs 40%, 50%, 60% more than it did just a few years ago.” PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (Food costs have risen faster under President Joe Biden than under any of his five most recent predecessors. Even so, the 20% increase in food prices on Biden’s watch is half of the lowest figure cited by Donald Trump, and one-third of his highest figure.) Donald Trump exaggerates food inflation under Joe Biden; prices are not 40% to 60% higher Donald Trump Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: FOIA release evidence of the CIA censoring the press. Lead Stories rating: False (The “news clip” shown in the video was published in Penthouse magazine in February 1978 and has been publicly available since then. The Information Act request material, released in 2004, was internal correspondence within the CIA regarding the published 1978 article.) Fact Check: A Document Released In Response To A Freedom Of Information Request Is NOT Evidence Of CIA Censoring The Press
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Ben Shapiro tweeted an attack against Tracy Chapman’s performance at the Grammys. Check Your Fact rating: False (He didn’t; the image is fabricated.) FACT CHECK: Did Ben Shapiro Attack Tracy Chapman In X Post?
MISLEADING	Claim by Jimmy Corsetti: High CO2 was fine for the dinosaurs and high CO2 benefits plants today in greenhouses, so more CO2 can’t be bad for humans Climate Feedback rating: Misleading (The fact that elevated atmospheric-CO2 benefited the dinosaurs and benefits plants today does not mean it also benefits humans. In fact, there are potential human health risks from prolonged exposure to the optimal CO2 levels for dinosaurs and plants, in addition to the multiple negative environmental impacts for human society resulting from elevated CO2 and the enhanced greenhouse effect.) Optimal atmospheric CO2 for dinosaurs and plants is harmful for humans; current concentration is higher than Homo sapiens have ever experienced
FALSE	Claim by Joe Biden (D): “I did not share classified information … with my ghostwriter, I did not. Guarantee you, did not.” PolitiFact rating: False (Contradicts with report) Fact-checking Joe Biden about sharing classified materials, keeping them in lockable cabinets Joe Biden Rating
FALSE	(International: Russia): Russian President Vladimir Putin called the founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Klaus Schwab, a “globalist terrorist.” Logically Facts rating: False No, President Putin did not call WEF founder Klaus Schwab a ‘globalist terrorist’