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
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Trump stole someone’s Facebook post about Zelenskyy for use on Truth Social.
Lead Stories rating: False (He gave credit) Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Just Copy and Paste A Guy’s Facebook Zelenskyy Post — He Gave Credit |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Video shows an authentic podcast episode in which Donald Trump Jr. says, “I truly can’t understand why anyone in their right mind would choose Ukraine as an ally when Russia is the alternative. The U.S. should have been supplying weapons to Russia instead.”
Snopes rating: Fake Fake video claims Trump Jr. said US should have sent weapons to Russia, not Ukraine |
| TRUE | Claim by Joel Kitchens (R): “90% of the (school) districts in Wisconsin already have a policy” banning cellphones during class time.
Politifact rating: True (The 90% figure comes from testimony by the Department of Public Instruction, which conducts an annual Digital Learning Survey. Most districts in that 90% bucket allow students to use phones in common areas but not classrooms. Some have a full ban. Cellphone policies vary widely by district, and Kitchens argues the bill was written to accommodate that.) Do 90% of Wisconsin school districts ban cellphones during class time? |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Prosecutors Fani Willis and New York Alvin Bragg been disbarred.
Lead Stories rating: False (Both the Fulton County, Georgia and New York County district attorneys are still licensed in their respective states and no record of disbarment is online.) Fact Check: Prosecutors Fani Willis And Alvin Bragg Have NOT Been Disbarred |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Proposed constitutional amendment would allow Obama to run for third term
USA Today rating: False (The proposed constitutional amendment would prevent presidents who served two consecutive terms, including former President Barack Obama, from being elected a third time. The amendment would only allow presidents who served nonconsecutive terms, like Trump, to be elected a third time.) Obama barred from proposal to allow presidents third term | Fact check |
| FALSE | (International: India): Indian Railways has reinstated discounts for senior citizens travelling by train.
The Quint rating: False Fact-Check: Did Indian Railways Reinstate Discounts for Senior Citizens? No, Viral Claim Is False |
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