“10 of the poorest 25 counties in the United States of America are located in Kentucky”
What MediaWise found
While it’s true that 10 Kentucky counties made a list of the 25 “worst” counties to live in, that does not automatically mean that those counties are also the poorest — since poverty was not the only factor considered. In reality, five of the 25 poorest counties in the U.S. are in Kentucky.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Bernie Sanders made this claim around 30 December 2020. MediaWise (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 February 2021, 54 days later. Its rating was “Needs Context”.
Bernie Sanders has 49 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 6 of them false or fake, 35 misleading or mixed and 4 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3lAtwGHPMA
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