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The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 04/20/2024 (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
| NO EVIDENCE |
Claim by Joe Biden (D): Joe Biden’s uncle “got shot down in New Guinea, and they never found the body because there used to be — there were a lot of cannibals, for real, in that part of New Guinea.”
PolitiFact rating: Unproven (Highly unlikely, experts say) Was Joe Biden’s uncle eaten by cannibals after World War II crash? Experts say it’s highly unlikely |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social media: Mika Brzezinski said Elon Musk is ‘trying to control what people think’
USA Today rating: False (not talking about Elon) No, ‘Morning Joe’ host Mika Brzezinski wasn’t talking about Elon Musk in 2017 video | Fact check |
| FALSE | Claim via Social media: The government owes you $8,832 and a $2,000 spending card.
PolitiFact rating: False (Affordable Care Act marketplace plans offer subsidies, but not in cash. Tax credits vary by income level and payments go to insurers, not consumers.) Facebook post promises health subsidy in cash, but Affordable Care Act credits don’t work that way |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): Claim by Senator Malcolm Roberts: Coral bleaching has been a natural part of the Great Barrier Reef’s cycles for millennia.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (There is no evidence of historical mass bleaching, with five of the seven events occurring since 2016.) |
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