MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 04/01/2025

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

MOSTLY FALSE	Claim by Sydney Batch (D): North Carolina “always had nonpartisan judicial races, and when the Republicans took over several years ago they changed it.” Politifact rating: Mostly False (Within the past decade, Republican legislators made judicial races partisan. But North Carolina’s longer history shows judgeship elections were partisan for most of the 20th century.) Democrat wrongly says NC ‘always had nonpartisan judicial races’ until Republicans took over
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: An authentic video show members of the Danish Parliament laughing at a recording of March 2025 remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump, outlining his intent to acquire Greenland. Lead Stories rating: False (Edited Audio) Fact Check: Danish Politicians Laughed in Parliament About Circus Elephants, NOT Trump’s Greenland Remarks
TRUE	Claim via Social Media: A photo authentically showed White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wearing a T-shirt that reads: “Make America Blonde Again.” Snopes rating: True (It is real) Karoline Leavitt took selfie in ‘Make America Blonde Again’ T-shirt?
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: A post shared on X claims that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth messaged his Signal group a picture of carrier locations. Check Your Fact rating: False (This is not true) FACT CHECK: No, Pete Hegseth Didn’t Message His Signal Group A Picture Of Carrier Locations
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Girls have sperm in their bone marrow and can make a baby on their own but the only result is a babygirl. Lead Stories rating: False (Sperm are not found in bone marrow. But, fertility researchers are developing methods to extract stem cells from bone marrow and use complex processes to create sperm-like cells that could be combined with an egg or egg-like cell. No published study claims this has been successfully done with human cells.) Fact Check: Girls Do NOT Have ‘Sperm’ In Their Bone Marrow — But Sperm-like Cells May Soon Be Made From Stem Cells Found In Marrow
FALSE	(International: Australia): The “buying power” of $5 has decreased by 30 per cent since Labor was elected. Australian Associated Press rating: False (To date, inflation has reduced purchasing power by 12.5 per cent over Labor’s term.) Five dollars gets you less under Labor, but not 30 per cent less \| AAP

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