Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers who 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
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: It’s illegal for Trump or a political candidate to promise a job in exchange for a political endorsement.
KGW rating: True (It is a violation of federal law to promise a political appointment in an administration in exchange for an endorsement. But experts say prosecution of this law is rare, and it’s unclear how it would be enforced regarding presidential candidates.) Illegal to promise job in exchange for political endorsement? | kgw.com |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Lowe’s CEO told conservatives to ‘take their money to Home Depot’
USA Today rating: False (This is an altered image. He did not say that.) CNBC graphic with quote from Lowe’s CEO is fabricated | Fact check |
| FALSE | Claim by Tim Walz (D): Former President Donald Trump “cut overtime benefits for millions of workers.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (The Trump administration actually extended the number of salaried employees eligible for overtime pay, but not to nearly as many workers as his predecessor, President Barack Obama, had sought. No one had their existing overtime benefits cut.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: This Membership Card is proof that Kamala Harris was a member of the communist party in 1984
Lead Stories rating: False (A Card Generator was used. It is fake.) |
| FALSE | Claim by Donald Trump (R): Kamala Harris “wants to forcibly compel doctors and nurses against their will to give chemical castration drugs to young children.”
Politifact rating: False (Former President Donald Trump did not specify which policy he was referring to or provide evidence for his claim. A Biden administration rule on LGBTQ+ health care discrimination has faced similar criticism but permits doctors to refuse care for religious or clinical reasons. Opponents of gender-affirming medicine often call puberty blockers “chemical castration,” though these blockers temporarily lower sex drive and do not cause permanent sterilization.) Trump’s False claim: Harris wants to ‘forcibly compel” doctors to give children ‘castration drugs’ |
| FALSE | (International: France): UK and France issue international arrest warrant for Elon Musk.
Lead Stories rating: False (There are no reports of this.) |
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