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 via Social Media: Elon Musk said “Tesla is finished” and needs “drastic changes immediately.”
Politifact rating: False (He never said that. Musk claimed in a March 20 meeting that Tesla’s future was “bright and exciting.”) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: This is evidence “the elites” got fake vaccine shots.
Lead Stories rating: False (It is generic footage demonstrating the use of a prop syringe for use on stage or during filming.) Fact Check: Video Demonstrates A Prop Syringe, NOT Vaccine Avoidance By ‘The Elites’ |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Ford plans to move four factories back to the U.S., along with 25,000 high-paying jobs, all thanks to U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2025 tariffs.
Snopes rating: False (Originated as Satire) Rumor Ford plans to move 4 factories back to US due to Trump tariffs originated as satire |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Remdesivir is responsible for a significant number of COVID-19 deaths and was found to be “deadly” during a 2019 trial.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (The trial did not find remdesivir is deadly, and trials in COVID patients have found adverse effects are generally mild and rare.) No, medical trial did not find COVID antiviral was ‘deadly’ | AAP |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Claims MSNBC was purportedly caught using leftist plants to pretend they’re Trump voters with ‘Buyer’s Remorse’
Check Your Fact rating: False (Originated from satire) |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): A UK regional newspaper says 70,000 Ukrainian Soldiers died in Kursk.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (The newspaper front page is fake.) Fake front page Ukraine story linked to Russian disinformation | AAP |
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Is it possible to report on (prioritize) fact checks that relate to the key current issues. For example at the moment it would be tariffs. There’s obviously lots of misleading stuff out there I doubt that that will ever change. It’s more concerning that supposedly creditable/ high profile figures amplify misinformation with apparent impunity. More relevant, timely fact checking may discourage this.