The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 03/19/2024

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Claim Codes: Red = Fact Check on a Right Claim, Blue = Fact Check on a Left Claim, Black = Not Political/Conspiracy/Pseudoscience/Other

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TRUE	Did he say it? At a campaign rally in Dayton, Ohio, on March 16, 2024, former U.S. President Donald Trump said: “Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole — that’s gonna be the least of it. It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country.” Snopes.com rating: Correct Attribution (The evidence suggests that Trump was using “bloodbath” in a metaphorical sense to describe a severe economic downturn rather than predicting or inciting actual violence.) Did Trump Say It Will Be a ‘Bloodbath for the Country’ If He Doesn’t Get Elected?
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Benzene in benzoyl peroxide-containing skincare products poses a cancer risk. Health Feedback rating: Unsupported (The observation that certain skincare products produced high levels of benzene involved storage at elevated temperatures of 40, 50 and 70°C for several days to weeks. These conditions don’t represent how people typically use and store skincare products. Insufficient evidence for the claim that benzoyl peroxide in skincare products poses cancer risk
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: “300,000 illegal immigrants were able to use a simple app to get a free flight to our country.” PolitiFact rating: False (In 2023, the Biden administration let in about 327,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela through a parole program. People granted parole do not receive free flights to the U.S. They buy their own plane tickets.) Migrants in parole program do not get free flights to the US
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: TikTok was banned on March 13, 2024. USA Today rating: False (There was no ban as of the date of this post. The House of Representatives passed a bill that day that could effectively ban TikTok, but the Senate had not yet voted on the measure and President Joe Biden had not signed it.) No nationwide TikTok ban as of March 13; post overstates impact of House vote \| Fact check
FALSE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): “In February alone, nearly 1 million jobs held by native-born Americans disappeared.” PolitiFact rating: False (The number of “jobs that disappeared” is less than a half million for February. It’s common for the metric Trump used to show a large decline in jobs during the year’s first two months, because it is not adjusted in a way that smooths out regular seasonal cycles of employment. Trump’s dubious claim on native-born Americans’ job losses Donald Trump Rating
FALSE	(International: Australia): Commonwealth Bank of Australia is phasing out ATMS by 2025. AFP Fact Check rating: False Australia’s Commonwealth Bank says no plans to scrap ATMs