The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 11/24/2023

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 TRUE	Claim by Joe Biden (D): “Last year alone, natural disasters in America caused $178 billion in damages.” Politifact rating: Mostly True (Probably more. Biden’s statistic is in tune with official federal government statistics. However, the statistic is calculated by adding up the damages only for events that individually caused $1 billion in damages. This excludes smaller weather events, which would add to the total. Fact-checking Joe Biden on U.S. disaster costs Joe Biden Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Holman W. Jenkins Jr. in Wall Street Journal Editorials: We do not know if CO2 is the cause of global warming. Climate Feedback rating: Inaccurate (Evidence has allowed scientists to conclude, beyond reasonable doubt, that elevated atmospheric-CO2 from human emissions is the main driver of global warming. Scientists have quantified how much CO2 has strengthened the greenhouse effect by absorbing and radiating heat and this warming effect matches the observed global temperatures increase.) Wall Street Journal article questions decades of scientific evidence demonstrating elevated atmospheric-CO2 causes global warming Wall Street Journal Rating
TRUE	Claim via Social Media: Democratic U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer shared the stage at a Nov. 14, 2023, “March for Israel” rally with Pastor John Hagee, who has made a number of antisemitic statements in the past. Snopes.com rating: True Did Schumer Share Stage at ‘March for Israel’ Rally with Pastor Known for Antisemitic Remarks?
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: The Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is contaminated with a type of DNA that causes permanent genetic changes in the vaccinated or leads to death due to cardiac arrest. Lead Stories rating: False (No DNA Changes) Fact Check: Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Shows NO DNA “Contamination,” Permanent Genetic Changes Or Death From Cardiac Arrest
FALSE	Claim by Clay Higgins: A “ghost bus … filled with FBI informants dressed as Trump supporters deployed onto our Capitol on January 6th.” PolitiFact rating: False (Hundreds of rioters, many wearing Trump-branded apparel, stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. FBI Director Christopher Wray testified Nov. 15 that the agency’s sources and agents were not responsible for violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.) Why a Republican’s claim about ‘ghost buses’ of FBI informants on Jan. 6 is dubious
FALSE	(International: Philippines): Chinese ships fired missiles toward Philippine vessels near Scarborough Shoal, which China calls Huangyan Island. Rappler rating: False FACT CHECK: No missiles fired by China at PH ships near Scarborough Shoal