MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 03/17/2025

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 via Social Media: “Pro-US/Trump political party won Greenland’s election last night. The people of Greenland want to end European colonial rule and build a future with America” DW rating: False (Greenland’s opposition Demokraatit Party, which won Tuesday’s parliamentary election, favors a slow approach to independence from Denmark but is not pro US control.) Fact check: Trump’s false claims on Greenland – DW – 03/14/2025
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Rick Scott (R): “The number of full-time jobs (was) dropping almost the entire Biden administration.” Politifact rating: False (Whether counting from the beginning of former President Joe Biden’s term or from June 2022, when U.S. employment returned to its prepandemic level, the number of full-time jobs increased on Biden’s watch. The number of part-time jobs also rose during Biden’s tenure, largely driven by an increase in workers who chose part-time work because they preferred it.) Sen. Rick Scott wrong that full-time jobs dropped under former President Joe Biden
TRUE	Claim by Task & Purpose: The Arlington National Cemetery website removed links to webpages about Black, Hispanic and female veterans buried at the site. Snopes rating: True (Cemetery officials confirmed that they “unpublished” the pages in question in compliance with a Trump administration executive order on diversity, equity and inclusion and a resulting directive from U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth “targeting race and gender-related language and policies in the military.”) Arlington National Cemetery removed links to webpages about Black, Hispanic and female veterans Task & Purpose Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: purports to show an X post from Elon Musk that reads, ‘Defund the Poor’ Check Your Fact rating: False (He never said this.) FACT CHECK: No, Elon Musk Did Not Make An X Post Calling To ‘Defund The Poor’
MISLEADING	Claim by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Measles vaccine causes deaths every year and the same illnesses caused by measles Science Feedback rating: Misleading (Vaccine adverse event reports alone don’t prove that a vaccine caused the adverse event. There’s no reliable evidence showing that the MMR vaccine “cause[s] deaths every year”. There are rare cases of the MMR vaccine causing illness in immunocompromised people, but on balance, the vaccine prevents more harm than it causes.) Amid measles outbreak in Texas, RFK Jr. misleads on measles vaccine safety in Fox News interview
FALSE	(International: China): China canceled all U.S. beef imports in March 2025 and will instead buy from Canada and Brazil. Snopes.com rating: False No, China didn’t ‘cancel’ US beef amid tariffs tit-for-tat

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