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: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy owns 15 homes including a $35 million home in Florida, has $1.2 billion in an overseas bank account, owns 15 homes, three private planes and has a monthly income of $11 million.
Snopes rating: False (No proof for any of these claims.) The facts behind resurfaced claim that Zelenskyy has multiple homes, planes, offshore accounts |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: DOGE Halted $2.6 Million Annual Payment To Obama For ‘Obamacare Royalties’
Lead Stories rating: False (Originated as Satire) |
| TRUE | Claim by President Donald Trump (R): Did Europe Spend More on Russian Oil and Gas Than Ukraine Aid?
Newsweek rating: True (The Russia Fossil Tracker showed that Russia has earned over 206 billion euros ($220 billion) in energy revenues from the European Union during the war, which surpasses the estimated 132 billion euros ($141 billion) in financial assistance for Ukraine.) Fact Check: Did Europe spend more on Russian oil and gas than Ukraine aid? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Patrick Flynn: “COVID-19 ‘vaccinated’ people are sicker”; “‘Vaccinated’ individuals experienced […] higher rates of COVID-19 infections, and increased musculoskeletal issues compared to the unvaccinated”
Science Feedback rating: Unsupported (Both large clinical trials and real-world data have consistently shown that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective, significantly reducing the risk of severe disease and death.) |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Wisconsin bill supported by Gov. Tony Evers completely replaces “mother” with “inseminated person” in state law.
Lead Stories rating: False (The existing text of the bill mentions “inseminated person” twice, specifically in cases of in-vitro fertilization, or IVF. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, who backs the bill, made the same point: the phrase only refers to IVF. While the same document also suggests using gender-neutral terms such as “spouse” and “parent” in some other contexts, Lead Stories found that the term “mother” was kept or added 37 times in the statutes addressed in the bill.) |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): Tropical Cyclone Alfred has been artificially created using HAARP or chemtrails.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (These phenomena have no effect on the weather.) HAARP weather manipulation conspiracies spread as Cyclone Alfred nears | AAP |
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