MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 01/28/2025

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: “CBS Evening News” anchor Norah O’Donnell was fired. PolitiFact rating: False (“CBS Evening News” anchor and Managing Editor Norah O’Donnell said in July she would step down from the broadcast after the November presidential election for a new role as senior correspondent.) ‘CBS Evening News’ anchor Norah O’Donnell wasn’t fired
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Trump order cuts federal funding for cities that promote LGBTQ activism. USA Today rating: False (The phrase quoted in the claim does not appear in any of the executive orders Trump issued when the post was shared. None of those orders reference any link between a city’s funding cuts and support of LGBTQ+ activism.) Trump cut federal funds for cities that support ‘LGBTQ activism’? Not true \| Fact check
TRUE	Claim via Social Media: Bird flu is negatively impacting egg supply and prices. KGW rating: True (Bird flu is causing an egg shortage and price hike.) Bird flu is causing egg shortage, egg price hike
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: “The removal of birthright citizenship only applies to the children of those that are here ILLEGALLY.” PolitiFact rating: False (The order proposed denying citizenship to individuals born in the U.S. if their mother’s presence was lawful but temporary, and their father was neither a U.S. citizen nor a lawful permanent resident. Immigration experts clarified that this would strip citizenship from some children of legal residents.) Trump’s anti-birthright citizenship effort doesn’t apply only to children of those ‘here illegally’
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: U.S. first lady Melania Trump sat down for an interview with a liberal TV host named Alex Brooks. Snopes rating: False (Fake – the video displayed the YouTube-provided label for “altered or synthetic content,” a disclaimer to inform viewers that the clip features narration, scripting, editing and visuals generated by artificial intelligence tools.) Story of Melania Trump ‘Destroying’ Liberal TV Host Blends Fiction and AI Fakery
FALSE	(International: India): Newspaper reports claiming government will ban all cash transactions starting February 1, 2025, allowing only digital payments. BOOM Fact Check rating: False Kerala Dailies Carry Misleading Advertorial; Claim Govt To Ban Cash Transactions \| BOOM

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