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The Latest Fact Checks curated by Media Bias Fact Check 12/20/2023

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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: “It’s Called ‘Post-Vaccine Syndrome’ And It’s Real!”

FactCheck.org rating: False (A preprint on a Yale-based study described chronic symptoms self-reported after COVID-19 vaccination by 241 members of an online group. The paper, which has not been peer-reviewed, did not show how common these symptoms are in the general population, nor whether vaccinations caused them.)

Yale Preprint Recorded Patient Experiences, Did Not Demonstrate Vaccines Cause New Syndrome

MOSTLY
TRUE
Claim by Joe Biden (D): “We’ve created close to 800,000 manufacturing jobs since I’ve taken office.”

PolitiFact rating: Mostly True (The first three-quarters of those job gains represented a return to pre-recession levels. Comparing historical patterns 45 months out from a recession’s onset reveals Biden-era manufacturing employment to be the strongest in 72 years, and the second strongest since the end of World War II.)

Fact-checking Joe Biden on the creation of 800,000 manufacturing jobs

Joe Biden Rating

BLATANT
LIE
Claim by thepeoplesvoice.tv: Burisma Energy Accountant, Who Blew Whistle on Biden Bribery Scheme, Found Dead

Lead Stories rating: False (Alive)

Fact Check: Burisma Co-Owner’s Wife Is NOT Dead As Of June 19, 2023; Her Attorney Denies She Was Firm’s Accountant

People’s Voice Rating

BLATANT
LIE
Claim by Viral Video: A video shows former Secretary of State and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton referring to climate change as her “hitman.”

Check Your Fact rating: False (This video was created with artificial intelligence (AI).)

FACT CHECK: No, Hillary Clinton Did Not Refer To Climate Change As Her ‘Hitman’

FALSE Claim via Social Media: Then-Vice President Joe Biden’s remarks in 2015 video prove he “intentionally” opened U.S. borders to immigrants.

PolitiFact rating: False (Then-Vice President Joe Biden, in 2015 remarks about battling violent extremism in the U.S., praised the country’s ability to integrate a steady stream of immigrants. A social media video used a short clip from his lengthy remarks to falsely imply it proves that Biden as president intentionally opened U.S. borders.)

2015 Biden video shared out of context not proof he’ll ‘make a stream of illegal immigrants’

FALSE (International: Australia): Australian businesspeople are promoting a new investment scheme.

Australian Associated Press rating: False (The video is a scam and has been manipulated using artificial intelligence techniques.)

Business leader deep fakes aim to scam Facebook users

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