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
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Judith Curry gets no media coverage and she says climate change is a “hoax.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (Judith Curry does not state Climate Change is a hoax. She believes humans are contributing, but not at the level of the consensus of climate scientists. Further, because her views are not in line with the consensus, she gets lees credible media attention.) Meme Makes Misleading Comparison to Cast Doubt on Climate Change |
| MISLEADING | Claim by Epoch Times: “Natural Immunity Better Than Protection From COVID-19 Vaccination, researchers in Estonia found”
Health Feedback rating: Misleading (A study in Estonia suggests that a past infection protects better against future infection and serious illness than vaccination. However, the study also showed that hybrid immunity resulting from infection and vaccination conferred the best protection. While both infection and vaccination can generate some protective immunity, vaccination is safer because it does so without exposing the person to the risks associated with the disease.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: “The new Inflation Reduction Act has just been updated to give Americans making less than $50,000 per year up to $6,400 in subsidies every single month.”
PolitiFact rating: False (Scam: The link included with the post is not affiliated with the federal government.) Scam alert: U.S. government isn’t giving out $6,400 subsidies through Inflation Reduction Act update |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Starbucks closing in San Francisco and Morocco because of boycott and pro-Palestine protests.
Lead Stories rating: False (Starbucks announced the closure of seven stores in San Francisco on October 2, 2023, five days before the Hamas-Israel war began. Starbucks also confirmed that the company continues to operate stores in Morocco, as of December 8, 2023.) Fact Check: Starbucks Is NOT Leaving Morocco Or San Francisco Because Of Pro-Palestine Protests |
| TRUE | Claim by Tom Fitton: “A recent Gallup poll shows that Americans think more highly of the U.S. Postal Service than they do the FBI or Justice Department.”
PolitiFact rating: True (This is accurate, but not new.) Fact-checking the fourth 2024 Republican presidential primary debate |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): Dinosaurs never existed and were created as propaganda to validate the theory of evolution.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (Do people really make these claims? There is a large body of physical evidence which proves dinosaurs existed.) Dinosaur hoax theory is a Jurassic lark – Australian Associated Press |
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