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: U.S. President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social account that he would annex Greenland and Alaska.
Logically Facts rating: Fake |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by President Donald Trump (R): Former President Joe Biden’s pardons of lawmakers on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack “are hereby declared void, vacant, and of no further force or effect,” because “they were done by autopen.”
PolitiFact rating: False (Legal experts say the Constitution doesn’t require a president’s hand signature for pardons, allowing mechanical signatures. Memos from 1929 and 2005 support this. An 1869 ruling affirmed that once delivered, pardons are final.) Are Biden pardons ‘void’ because he used an autopen? No, Trump’s claim is False |
| TRUE | Claim by Seattle Times: In early 2025, an 82-year-old man named Ned Johnson in Seattle was declared “dead” by the U.S. Social Security and deprived of his benefits.
Snopes rating: True (It was confirmed by the Johnson’s and his benefits have since been restored.) Social Security falsely declared 82-year-old man dead, stopped benefits |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: DOGE found former first lady Michelle Obama “has been receiving a monthly $122,000 payment from the (General Services Administration) since 2009.”
PolitiFact rating: False (Originated as satire.) No, DOGE didn’t find that the General Services Administration has been paying Michelle Obama |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: In March 2025, France offered U.S. right-wing conspiracy theorist Candace Owens millions to stop spreading the rumor that France’s first lady Brigitte Macron is trans.
Snopes.com rating: False (Not trans and they did not offer money. Owens has been spreading this false defamatory claim for years.) No, France didn’t offer Candace Owens millions to stop spreading rumor that Brigitte Macron is trans |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): Claim by Peter Dutton: Interest rates are always lower under a coalition government.
AAP rating: False (Experts say there’s no direct link between rates and political parties, while data shows interest rates have been higher under the coalition.) Dutton wrong to claim interest rates ‘always’ lower under coalition |
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