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 by Donald Trump (R): “We spend more money per pupil than any other nation in the world, and yet we’re rated No. 40. … We have to tell the teachers union, we’re rated last in the world in education, of the Top 40.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (While the U.S. “ranked No. 1 in cost per pupil.” Neither claim is accurate.) Trump Wrong About U.S. Rank in Education Spending and Outcomes |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Senator Elizabeth Warren said “There is nothing in the constitution that says ordinary Americans have a right to see what we’re spending tax dollars on.”
Lead Stories rating: False (No evidence she said this) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: During his time in office, U.S. President Bill Clinton oversaw the termination of 377,000 federal employees.
Snopes rating: True (According to testimony from Elaine Karmarck, the director of Clinton’s initiative, it eliminated 426,200 federal roles between January 1993 and September 2000.) Clinton initiative cut over 377K federal jobs in the 1990s. It’s not comparable to Trump’s effort |
| FALSE | Claim by Brian Mast (R): From the U.S. Agency for International Development funding, “10 to 30 cents on the dollar is what actually goes to aid.”
Politifact rating: False (A January U.S. Agency for International Development report said that in 2024, 12.1% of the agency’s money went directly to local organizations in foreign countries. That doesn’t mean the remaining 88% isn’t used to help people who need food, medicine and services. Most of the remaining money is distributed through organizations and companies that operate internationally — including some that are based in the U.S. — that then use the money to help people in foreign countries.) Does as little as 10% of USAID go to help people in need? What that claim gets wrong |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: DOJ allows death penalty as punishment for being an undocumented immigrant.
KGW rating: False (The new directive only applies to immigrants charged with capital crimes.0 |
| FALSE | (International: India): Images show a 10-year-old Dalit boy, who was assaulted in Chhattisgarh for entering a church.
The Quint rating: False This Image Does Not Show Young Boy Assaulted in Chhattisgarh for Entering Church |
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