MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 03/24/2025

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

FALSE	Claim by Ian Miles Cheong: Netflix show “Adolescence” is based on Southport, England, knife attacker but the show “race swapped the actual killer from a black man/migrant to a white boy.” PolitiFact rating: False (The storyline of Netflix’s “Adolescence” was not based on a particular crime but was influenced by news reports of young boys stabbing girls in England, its co-creator said. Netflix announced the series in March 2024 and began filming in early July 2024. In Southport, a town in England, a 17-year-old boy stabbed three young girls to death on July 29, 2024. The perpetrator was not a migrant.) Netflix hit show ‘Adolescence’ was not based on Southport, England, murders of three young girls
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Claims Trump has purportedly ordered the Keystone Pipeline System to ‘transport only American oil’ Check Your Fact rating: False (Originated as satire) FACT CHECK: Has Trump Ordered The Keystone Pipeline To ‘Transport Only American Oil?’
MISLEADING	Claim by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.: “Just a few weeks ago, every single House Republican voted to cut Medicaid in this country. …They voted to cut $880 billion from the committee that governs Medicaid.” PolitiFact rating: Misleading (The House Republican budget plan adopted Feb. 25 opens the door to slashing Medicaid, even though it doesn’t name the program. But it would require Senate buy-in.) Fact-check: Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘fighting oligarchy tour’
BLATANT LIE	Claim by RFK Jr.: The measles vaccine “cause deaths every year.” FactCheck.org rating: False (“There have been no deaths shown to be related to the MMR vaccine in healthy people,” the Infectious Diseases Society of America website says. “There have been rare cases of deaths from vaccine side effects among children who are immune compromised, which is why it is recommended that they don’t get the vaccine.”) RFK Jr. Misleads About Measles Vaccine in Hannity Interview
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Claims Pete Hegseth has purportedly declassified ‘all [of the] Benghazi files’ Check Your Fact rating: False (Originated as satire) FACT CHECK: Claim That Pete Hegseth Has Declassified ‘All Benghazi Files’ Is Satire
FALSE	(International: Ukraine): Warren Buffett has given more than $500 million to Ukraine. Snopes rating: False (Howard Buffett, Warren Buffett’s son, donated more than $800 million to Ukraine since 2022, through his own foundation.) Warren Buffett did not send more than $500M to Ukraine — but his son did

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