MBFC’s Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 02/02/2025 (Weekend Edition)

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 by RFK Jr.: In 2020, Senator Bernie Sanders was “the single largest receiver of pharmaceutical money” in Congress.

Snopes rating: False (The figure cited by Kennedy referred to the industry in which individual donors were employed. It did not refer to funds originating from, or directed by, pharmaceutical companies.)

RFK Jr. Misrepresented Data To Claim Bernie Sanders Accepted Millions from Pharmaceutical Industry

MOSTLY
TRUE
Claim by U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.: “As a Californian, we have given more to the recovery of other states than any other state in the union.”

PolitiFact rating: Mostly True (California paid $83.1 billion more in federal taxes than it received from the federal government — more than any other state — in 2022. When the state’s population is considered, California paid $2,129 more per capita in federal taxes than it received — which is more than all but three other states.)

Does California give more than it gets on disaster aid?

BLATANT
LIE
Claim via Social Media: CNN reported DC crash 5 hours before it happened.

Lead Stories rating: False (nonsense conspiracy)

Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Report January 29, 2025, DC Plane Crash Hours Before It Happened

FALSE (International: India): India will now exit the WHO, following the USA’s footsteps.

The Quint rating: False

Old, Misleading Report Goes Viral to Falsely Claim India to Exit the WHO

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