MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 03/16/2025 (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 Donald Trump (R): “We have a couple of bases in Greenland already,” said Trump. DW rating: False (The USA has 1.) Fact check: Trump’s false claims on Greenland – DW – 03/14/2025 Donald Trump Rating
TRUE	Did He Say It?: U.S. President Donald Trump’s adviser, Elon Musk, reposted another user’s post on X in March 2025, showing a screenshot reading, “Stalin, Mao and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector workers did.” Snopes rating: True (The claim is also a blatant lie as tens of millions were murdered.) Musk reposted post that said, ‘Stalin, Mao and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people’
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Alex Jones: Deceased InfoWars reporter Jamie White was on a “Ukrainian enemies hit list.” PolitiFact rating: False (White is not on a Ukrainian enemies list. In June 2024, Texty.org.ua, an independent Ukrainian media outlet, shared online a list of research subjects as part of its analysis of rhetoric opposing Ukrainian aid. White was among the people whose statements were analyzed. Texty did not refer to White as an “enemy” of Ukraine, nor did the outlet call for him to be harmed or killed.) InfoWars reporter Jamie White, who was fatally shot, was not on Ukrainian enemies list Alex Jones Rating
FALSE	(International: United Kingdom): The government has announced a mandatory digital ID implant to access banking and healthcare by 2026. Full Fact rating: False (The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology confirmed this isn’t true, and the claim appears to have originated from a TikTok video with “#fakenews” in its caption.) No, the government has not announced ‘mandatory digital ID implants by 2026’ – Full Fact

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