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
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Melania Trump holds President Jimmy Carter funeral program upside down
Lead Stories rating: False (It is AI Magic) |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by nypost.com: LA Mayor Karen Bass cut fire department funding by $17.6M — months before wildfires turned city into hellscape.
Lead Stories rating: Mostly False (While the initial 2024-25 budget for the Los Angeles Fire Department reduced spending by about 2 percent. Later decisions—like approving a new labor contract and buying equipment—actually increased the budget by 7 percent. However, the city controller said that the increase hadn’t been transferred to firefighters as of January 11, 2025.). |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): As California wildfires rage there’s “NO MONEY IN FEMA. THIS IS WHAT JOE BIDEN IS LEAVING ME.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (FEMA said there is about $27 billion in its Disaster Relief Fund from a recent infusion from Congress, enough to provide short-term disaster relief in California.) |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): Julian Assange has blamed the US for the disappearance of MH370 on Telegram.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (Julian Assange is not currently active on any social media platform.) No, Assange hasn’t linked US to MH370 disappearance on social media |
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WTF! How can this be ‘mostly false’?
By your own fake-check any increases would take effect “AFTER” the fires started! Left-liberal SPIN MUCH!
Claim by nypost.com: LA Mayor Karen Bass cut fire department funding by $17.6M — months before wildfires turned city into hellscape.
The budget increased by 7%. The New York Post was cherry-picking. Not sure how that equates to liberal spin. It seems like the NYP was applying the spin.