MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 01/14/2025

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

FALSE	Claim via Social Media: Pentagon paid MrBeast ‘to get kids to enlist’ in the military. USA Today rating: False (MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, was approved to receive production support for a humanitarian project in Puerto Rico, not a military recruiting effort.) Deal Pentagon OK’d with MrBeast was for humanitarian project, not recruiting \| Fact check
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Marsha Blackburn (R): The Biden administration is banning all natural gas water heaters. KGW rating: False (The Biden administration implemented a federal rule that sets higher energy efficiency standards for tankless gas water heaters — but it doesn’t ban them.) No, the Biden administration is not banning all natural gas water heaters
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Purports to show Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi fall down while using a walker on the House floor during the recent certification of the 2024 election Check Your Fact rating: False (AI Generated) FACT CHECK: Video Showing Nancy Pelosi Falling On House Floor Is AI-Generated
TRUE	Claim via Social Media: Singer Dolly Parton declined receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom three times, twice from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, and once from U.S. President Joe Biden. Snopes.com rating: True Yes, Dolly Parton Declined the Presidential Medal of Freedom 3 Times. Here’s Why
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: House Resolution 7 will make women get permission from their husbands, fathers or priests to use birth control or have an abortion. Lead Stories rating: False (The legislation wouldn’t require women to get anyone’s consent for reproductive health care. Also, House resolutions aren’t real laws; they only show what the House thinks collectively about a specific issue, person or event.) Fact Check: House Resolution 7 Will NOT Require Women To Get Permission For Birth Control, Abortion
FALSE	(International: Ukraine): 8 mansions of high-ranking Ukrainian military burned down in Los Angeles. Greece Fact Check rating: False Russian Propaganda: 8 Mansions of High-Ranking Ukrainian Military Officials Did NOT Burn Down in Los Angeles

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