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

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 JD Vance (R): Kilmar Armado Abrego-Garcia “was a convicted MS-13 gang member.” PolitiFact rating: False (He has never been tried for or convicted of gang-related charges or other crimes.) JD Vance falsely said deported man was convicted gang member
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Suzanne Humphries, Joe Rogan: Polio renamed to hide its existence; polio vaccine doesn’t work; mercury, SV40 and DNA contamination in vaccines are harmful Science Feedback rating: Incorrect (The decline in paralytic polio cases after the vaccine was introduced cannot be explained solely by a change in diagnostic criteria. Epidemiological evidence shows that the polio vaccine played a major role in eradicating polio eradication. The mercury-based preservative thimerosal is no longer used in most vaccines in the U.S., Europe, and the U.K. Studies didn’t find that thimerosal in childhood vaccines are harmful. Trace amounts of DNA may be present in COVID-19 mRNA vaccines due to the manufacturing process, but aren’t harmful.) Suzanne Humphries repeats debunked claims on vaccines, polio in Joe Rogan interview Joe Rogan Rating
TRUE	Did she say it?: Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney told fellow Republicans during a June 2022 hearing on the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riots: “There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.” Snopes rating: True (Correct Attribution) Liz Cheney once told fellow Republicans that Trump will be ‘gone,’ but ‘your dishonor will remain’
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: Screenshots show Speaker Mike Johnson messaging on Grindr. PolitiFact rating: False (The TikTok video used a cropped version of a publicly available photo of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., taken by a fellow House member at a March 4 event, alongside what looked like screenshots of a Grindr app chat.) There’s no evidence that Speaker Mike Johnson is messaging on Grindr
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Wisconsin ran out of ballots in “red” districts on state supreme court election day, 2025. Lead Stories rating: False (The opposite. It only affected blue Milwaukee.) Fact Check: Wisconsin Did NOT Run Out Of Ballots ‘In Red Areas’ On State Supreme Court Election Day In 2025
FALSE	(International: Australia): No homes have been built under Labor government housing policies since the last election. Australian Associated Press rating: False (At least 119 new homes have been built under Labor policies since May 2022.) Coalition falsely claims no homes have been built under Labor policies \| AAP

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