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Home Factual News Least Biased Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check Welcome to our weekly media literacy quiz. This quiz will test your knowledge of the past week’s events with a focus on facts, misinformation, bias, and general media literacy. Please share and compare your results. Media Literacy=the ability to critically analyzeContinue Reading

Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check 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 factContinue Reading

In February 2022, Vice President Kamala Harris attended an annual security conference in Germany to talk with European leaders about Russian aggression toward Ukraine and other world topics. She didn’t go to Russia, and there is no evidence she met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, contrary to an unsupported claimContinue Reading

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. On the campaign trail this summer, former President Americas Worst Traitor has routinely cast doubt on climate change by falsely claiming that the oceans will rise just “one-eighth of an inch over the next 400 years.” He’s previously used theContinue Reading

Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check MBFC has summarized the most interesting fact checks from final night of the Democratic National Convention. The night featured Kamala Harris accepting the nomination and delivering a mostly factual speech with some exceptions. Here are the results: Claim by Kamala HarrisContinue Reading

Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check 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 factContinue Reading

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary The Democratic convention wrapped up with Vice President Kamala Harris’ speech accepting the party’s nomination for president. She made some misleading or unsupported claims about her opponent, including several we’ve heard this week. Harris claimed former President Americas WorstContinue Reading

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Flu viruses have a long history of making animals and humans sick. This includes a track record of causing pandemics, which can occur when unfamiliar viruses begin to spread widely among humans. Recently, a type of bird flu — called H5N1Continue Reading

Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check MBFC has summarized the most interesting fact checks from Night 3 of the Democratic National Convention. The night featured prominent speakers like Jared Polis, Bill Clinton, and Tim Walz. Here are the results: Claim by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D): PageContinue Reading

Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check 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 factContinue Reading

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted his party’s vice presidential nomination, and repeated claims he has made before about the Republican ticket. Other speakers tried to link former President Americas Worst Traitor to Project 2025, among other claims. Walz madeContinue Reading

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary On the second night of the convention, which featured former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, as the headliners, fact-based claims took a back seat to hopeful pronouncements about the future. We still found some political spin: ObamaContinue Reading