Canada Not Blocking Ships, Fact Checkers Say

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Canada Not Blocking Ships, Fact Checkers Say?

Of the 18 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 56% are rated left, 44% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 20. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Canada Not Blocking Ships, Fact Checkers Say left or right?

Neither side dominates it. Of the 18 rated outlets on this story, 56% are rated left, 44% are rated centre, 0% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.

Is the coverage of Canada Not Blocking Ships, Fact Checkers Say biased?

Canada Not Blocking Ships, Fact Checkers Say is one event reported by 20 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.

Which side is not reporting Canada Not Blocking Ships, Fact Checkers Say?

When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.

Which outlets covered Canada Not Blocking Ships, Fact Checkers Say?

20 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.

What was the claim about Canada blocking ships?

Online posts claimed Canada was blocking ships from entering Lake Ontario through a canal on the St. Lawrence Seaway. These posts alleged that a Fox News report stated Canada would allow passage if vessels referred to the lake as 'Lake Ontario' instead of 'Lake America'.

Is there any evidence of a Fox News report on this issue?

Fact-checking reports found no evidence that Fox News produced such a report. Searches of the Fox News website, Google's search index, and the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine did not yield any results for such a report.

What is the current status of marine traffic on the St. Lawrence Seaway?

The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation confirmed that marine traffic is unaffected and operations are continuing normally. This indicates that the claims of a blockade are false.