MBFC’s Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 03/13/2025

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

BLATANT
LIE
Claim by Donald Trump (R): “[W]e were richest, the richest, relatively, from, think of this, from 1870 to 1913 … because we collected tariffs from foreign countries.”

FactCheck.org rating: False (Real GDP per capita is nearly six times higher today than in 1913, and economic growth during the Gilded Age was driven by immigration and productivity gains, not tariffs.)

Trump’s Flawed Claim that Tariffs Made the U.S. Its ‘Richest’

Donald Trump Rating

BLATANT
LIE
Claim via Social Media: The Department of Government Efficiency found a $6 million grant awarded to Whoopi Goldberg to “promote diversity” on “The View.”

Snopes rating: False (Originated as satire)

No, DOGE didn’t find $6M grant awarded to Whoopi Goldberg to ‘promote diversity’ on ‘The View’

BLATANT
LIE
Claim via Social Media: Video shows President Donald Trump admitting he became president because of a “rigged” 2024 election.

PolitiFact rating: False (A short clip of Trump claiming he would be president during the 2026 World Cup was misleadingly shared, as he was actually referring to the 2020 election, which he falsely claims was rigged.)

Trump didn’t say he became president because of the 2024 election was ‘rigged’

BLATANT
LIE
Claim via Social Media: Nancy Pelosi’s Vineyard Received $14 Million from USAID for “experimental farming.”

Lead Stories rating: False (Originated from Satire.)

Fact Check: Story About Nancy Pelosi’s Vineyard Receiving Millions In USAID Or Federal Grants Originated On A Satire Website

MOSTLY
FALSE
Claim by Donald Trump (R): “All armed services are having among the best recruiting results ever” because of Trump policies, and “it was just a few months ago where the results were exactly the opposite.”

PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (Armed services recruitment increased 12.5%, from 200,000 in 2023 to 225,000 in 2024, under the Biden administration. The U.S. Army introduced a prep course to help lower-performing recruits meet standards. Experts say it’s too early to assess Trump’s impact on recruitment six weeks into his term, and no data supports claims of changes under his administration.)

Donald Trump takes credit for military recruitment turnaround that started with Joe Biden

Donald Trump Rating

FALSE (International: United Kingdom): Muslim immigrants in Birmingham, England have heaped the city full of garbage

Lead Stories rating: False (There is a Garbage Strike.)

Fact Check: Muslim Immigrants In England Are NOT The Cause Of Birmingham’s March, 2025 Piles Of Garbage On Streets — There’s A Refuse Worker Strike

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