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 fact check for accuracy before publishing. We fact-check the fact-checkers and let you know their bias. When appropriate, we explain the rating and/or offer our own rating if we disagree with the fact-checker. (D. Van Zandt)
Claim Codes: Red = Fact Check on a Right Claim, Blue = Fact Check on a Left Claim, Black = Not Political/Conspiracy/Pseudoscience/Other
Fact Checker bias rating Codes: Red = Right-Leaning, Green = Least Biased, Blue = Left-Leaning, Black = Unrated by MBFC
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| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Being Liberal: “All animals are equal but some are more equal than others” and attributes the line to Musk and Fox News.
The Dispatch rating: False (Musk did not say that.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Harry Hoxsey’s herbal therapy effectively cures cancer.
Health Feedback rating: Unsupported (No clinical data support the alleged benefits of Hoxsey’s herbal mixture or its ingredients for treating cancer patients.) |
| TRUE | Did she say it?: Swedish environmental teen activist Greta Thunberg tweeted “yes, please do enlighten me. email me at smalldickenergy@getalife.com” in response to a tweet from controversial Twitter influencer Andrew Tate in which he bragged of owning 33 cars with “enormous emissions.”
Snopes rating: Correct Attribution (She tweeted it. But no one has confirmed if her claim is true…) Did Greta Thunberg Mock a Twitter Troll with ‘Small Dick Energy’ Joke? |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Southwest Airlines has canceled ALL of their flights until Jan 1, 2023.
Lead Stories rating: False (Reduced Schedule) Fact Check: Southwest Airlines Did NOT Cancel All Of Its Flights Until January 1, 2023 |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Viral Image: Joe Biden put his hand on Zelenskyys butt during a photo op at the white house.
Lead Stories rating: False (Edited Photo) |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): Australia will launch a social media social credit system which gives police access to citizen’s private messages.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (The claim is based on a federal inquiry’s proposal from 2021 that has never been put before parliament.) |
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