“There are U.S.-backed bioweapon labs in Ukraine.”
Tucker Carlson
Fox News host. In a Fox News broadcast.. Claim dated 9 Mar 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisLabs, yes. Weapons, no
What PolitiFact found
These publicly-known labs, with plenty of outside oversight, are common. They work in public health and agriculture.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Tucker Carlson (Fox News host) made this claim around 9 March 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 March 2022, 9 days later. Its rating was “Labs, yes. Weapons, no”.
Tucker Carlson has 48 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 23 of them false or fake, 14 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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