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The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 03/17/2024 (Weekend Edition)
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Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers that 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 Joe Biden (D): “You know, just this week Donald Trump said cuts to Social Security and Medicare are on the table.”
FactCheck.org rating: Out of Context (He was talking about cutting waste and fraud, not benefits.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Brian Kilmeade: The Chinese government “owns” TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance.
PolitiFact rating: False (60% of its parent company ByteDance Ltd. is owned by global investors, 20% by its co-founders and 20% by employees, including thousands of Americans. since 2022, its U.S. user data has been stored only in the U.S. and controlled by a U.S.-led security team. TikTok says the Chinese government cannot compel access to that data.) Who owns TikTok’s parent company? Despite what Brian Kilmeade says, it’s not the Chinese government |
| FALSE | Claim by Pierre Kory: “U.S. doctors found that ’long Covid’ developed in 70 percent of cases after vax injection, not after infection”
Health Feedback rating: Unsupported (The claim that most cases of long COVID occur after vaccination, not infection, is based on poorly described anecdotes that don’t provide sufficient evidence to support the claim. The preprint cited also didn’t show how common these symptoms are or whether COVID-19 vaccination caused them.) |
| FALSE | (International: Kenya): “Kenya has a 64% debt-to-GDP ratio.”
Africa Check rating: Incorrect Unicef Kenya head tabled stats on child poverty, health and the economy – but do her figures add up? |
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