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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| NO EVIDENCE |
Claim by Kevin McCarthy (R): “Even a trusted FBI informant has alleged a bribe to the Biden family.”
FactCheck.org rating: No Evidence (Unsupported claim) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Many states have recently signed executive orders to build quarantine internment camps across america as Tennessee Governor Bill Lee did with Order No. 83.
Lead Stories rating: False (Expired In ’21) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media and Alex Jones: CNN reported “breaking news” that the Pentagon announced a plan to “implant Americans with nanotech particles.”
Politifact rating: False (The Pentagon did not announce a plan to “implant Americans with nanotech particles,” and CNN reported no such “breaking news.”) No, CNN did not break news about a Pentagon ‘plan to implant Americans with nanotech particles’ |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by thestarnewsnetwork.com: an explosive testimony from former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman proved voting fraud by showing that during the 2020 General Election in Wisconsin there were 7 million people registered to vote when only 4.5 million were eligible voters
Lead Stories rating: False (There were more than 3.9 million registered voters and an estimated 4.5 million eligible voters in that election.) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: claims two victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attack were purportedly identified by their DNA 22 years later.
Check Your Fact rating: True (The identification of the two victims was announced via a Sept. 8 press release from New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jason Graham.) FACT CHECK: Were Two Victims Of The 9/11 Attack Identified By Their DNA 22 Years Later? |
| FALSE | (International: Philippines): Battleships from the US, Japan, and Australia will retaliate against China over its recent acts of hostility in the West Philippine Sea.
Rappler rating: False FACT CHECK: No retaliation vs China in South China Sea joint drills |
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