MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 03/23/2025 (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 Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “The [measles] vaccine wanes about 4.5% per year. So that means older people are essentially unvaccinated. They aren’t — their immune system is not protected.” FactCheck.org rating: False (There’s no evidence that overall vaccine protection declines that quickly. It would mean thousands of vaccinated people should have contracted measles in the latest outbreak.) RFK Jr. Misleads About Measles Vaccine in Hannity Interview
TRUE	Claim by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.: “Not paying a living wage is actually a form of corporate welfare, too, because these big companies like Walmart and Amazon often rely on food stamp programs and public coffers to cover the wages that they won’t pay to people.” PolitiFact rating: True (Data supports this claim in a 2020 report from the Government Accountability Office.) Fact-check: Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘fighting oligarchy tour’
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: A judge attempted to fine U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi for wearing a cross necklace in the courtroom but she stopped him by citing laws that protect her. Snopes rating: False (There were no news stories about a judge supposedly trying to punish Bondi for wearing the Christian cross around her neck in a courtroom, much less one with the name “Prescott.”) False story claims judge punished Pam Bondi for wearing cross necklace
FALSE	(International: Romania): The EU barred far-right candidate Călin Georgescu from Romanian presidential election re-run. Logically Facts rating: False Romanian electoral authorities blocked Georgescu’s election re-run

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