Media Bias Reality Verify selects and publishes reality checks from around the globe. We solely make the most of fact-checkers which might be both a signatory of the Worldwide Reality-Checking Community (IFCN) or have been verified as credible by MBFC. Additional, we assessment every reality verify for accuracy earlier than publishing. We fact-check the fact-checkers and allow you to know their bias. When applicable, we clarify the ranking and/or provide our personal ranking if we disagree with the fact-checker. (D. Van Zandt)
Declare Codes: Purple = Reality Verify on a Proper Declare, Blue = Reality Verify on a Left Declare, Black = Not Political/Conspiracy/Pseudoscience/Different
Reality Checker bias ranking Codes: Purple = Proper-Leaning, Inexperienced = Least Biased, Blue = Left-Leaning, Black = Unrated by MBFC
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| MOSTLY FALSE |
Declare by Rebecca Kleefisch (R): “Tim Michels pushed for years to boost (Wisconsin’s) gasoline tax.”
PolitiFact ranking: Largely False (Michels does have ties to teams which have advocated for elevating Wisconsin’s gasoline tax — having beforehand sat on their boards, or having representatives of Michels Corp. serve on them presently. Nonetheless, there’s no proof that Michels himself wished to boost the gasoline tax. And he has mentioned on the marketing campaign path he doesn’t assist doing so.) No proof Michels personally pushed for gasoline tax enhance, regardless of ties to teams that did |
| BLATANT LIE |
Declare by (Chiropractor) Gary Brecka: Extra folic acid from meals causes ADHD; folic acid is a harmful chemical in meals.
Well being Suggestions ranking: Unsupported (The precise reason for ADHD is unknown, however scientific research recommend that genes play a job. There’s no proof that extra folic acid in meals results in ADHD in youngsters, as recommended within the video, nor did the video present any proof for this declare.) |
| FALSE | Declare by Meme: Monkeypox “sometimes final 2-4 months.”
FactCheck.org ranking: False (Monkeypox sometimes lasts between two and 4 weeks) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Declare by Social media: International warming is from photo voltaic winds and adjustments in Earth’s magnetic subject
USA At present ranking: False (International warming is brought on by thermal radiation that has been trapped by greenhouse gases.) |
| TRUE | Declare by Jon Stewart: Jon Stewart Says That Poisonous Burn Pit Invoice Didn’t Change?
Newsweek ranking: True (Jon Stewart was right to say that nothing vital modified within the invoice, or was added to it, between the June 2022 and July 2022 variations, as a comparability between the 2 paperwork exhibits.) Reality Verify: Is Jon Stewart Right About Poisonous Burn Pit Invoice Adjustments? |
| FALSE | (Worldwide: Taiwan): United States Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi secretly entered Taiwan utilizing a submarine.
Rappler ranking: False US Home Speaker Pelosi didn’t enter Taiwan secretly utilizing a submarine |
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