Fact Check: Is There a Major Shortage of Baby Formula?

Viral claims are based on accurate reporting.

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Viral social media posts claim that 40 percent of baby formula products are out of stock in the United States, forcing some mothers to drive hours away to find the necessary product.

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  1. R. James

    Bare Shelves Biden.

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      Jon McKinney

      Really?

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    Mike B

    OK so the first two sentences are accurate.
    The third is utterly irrelevant. Presumably the reader of the tweet is to "connect the dots" as they like to say and conclude that the baby formula shortage, and by extension all shortages, are caused by Democrats (and Never Trumpers, of course). Wonder how they explain all the panic buying and empty shelves in the spring of '20? I seem to recall that Donald J. Trump WAS president at that time.

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    Seth Higgins

    Would The Dispatch's fact checkers be willing to review Dinesh D'Souza's 2000 Mules film about efforts to steal the 2020 election? It is gaining popularity among some from my hometown and pinging around Facebook.

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    1. Deanjens

      I've wondered whether The Dispatch would decide not to, if it consists of claims that were fact checked 18 months ago; if that were the case, I would like to have them all in one place, anyway.

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      Aylene Wright

      I have seen some references to it on a certain other social media site (the one about to be bought by an electric car and spaceship maker) as well.

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    Pat Riot

    If Trump was still president he would OUTLAW safety recalls of EVERYTHING! Yeah!

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  5. Michelle C

    So isn’t the answer simply “yes?” I’m not sure why some of your fact checks state that plainly and others beat around the bush in the subtitle.

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      Frank Lee

      I call this biased "but" reporting. As if my political bias sees this as an unfortunate fact, so I need to include a "fact... but" qualifier to soften the blow to my political ego.

      But in general, I appreciate the attempts at honest factual fact checking.

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Alec Dent is the culture editor and a staff writer for The Dispatch. He is a graduate of the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at UNC Chapel Hill, and previously oversaw The Dispatch's fact checking team.
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