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: Sears’ mail-order catalogs from the 1950s and 1960s offered dogs, ponies, monkeys, and other animals for purchase.
Snopes rating: True (Wow. That is interesting.) Sears Catalogs Once Sold Monkeys, Donkeys and Other Animals? |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Utility shut off electricity in Republican parts of CA during voting.
USA Today rating: False (Polling places in California had power throughout all of Election Day. PG&E warned residents it might cut off power as a last resort to mitigate the risk of wildfires in accordance with California utility regulations. But the shutoffs were not to happen until after almost all polls were scheduled to close, and polling places were provided with backup generators so the voting centers could operate without interruption.) No, PG&E did not leave polls powerless during voting | Fact check |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Melanoma wasn’t a problem until after sunscreen was invented; low vitamin D is associated with melanoma
Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate (The first medical descriptions of melanoma predate the invention of sunscreen. Scientific evidence shows that sunscreen reduce the harmful effects of UV radiation in sunlight, thereby reducing skin cancer risk.) Sunscreen doesn’t cause melanoma; most melanoma cases are due to excess UV radiation from the sun |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: The President of Mexico said she won’t recognize Donald Trump as president as of November 11, 2024.
Lead Stories rating: False (Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum did acknowledge Trump’s victory on her official X account on November 6, 2024. She said, “my most sincere congratulations to Donald Trump, who won the presidential election of the United States of America.”) Fact Check: Mexican President DID Acknowledge Trump’s Victory In US Election |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: CBS News accused Trump of cheating to win the 2024 election.
northjersey.com rating: False (There is no evidence CBS News made any such accusation, and a spokesperson for the network said the claim is false.) Viral claim CBS News accused Donald Trump of cheating is baseless | Fact check |
| FALSE | (International: Kenya): Bill Gates and the Kenyan government are implanting digital IDs in babies
Australian Associated Press rating: False (The Kenyan Digital ID system does not involve implanting anything in babies.) Kenyan babies are not targets of Bill Gates plot to implant digital ID |
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