MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 04/15/2025

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

BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Photos and videos show Washington, D.C., protests against White House adviser Elon Musk are “staged & paid — bussed in, scripted, clocked out.” Politifact rating: False (Claims that April 5 protesters were paid are unsupported, relying on misrepresented videos, satire, and unrelated Craigslist ads.) Critics of ‘Hands Off’ protests mislead with photos, videos they say are proof of paid protestors
FALSE	Claim by Patrick Soon-Shiong: COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines “are likely causing a global epidemic of terrifyingly aggressive cancers” Science Feedback rating: Unsupported (Over the past three decades, certain cancers have become more frequent among younger adults, particularly among women and in high- and middle-income countries. Since cancer is typically associated with advanced age, this trend is both unexpected and worrisome, as it is likely to increase the already large burden of cancer globally. While the exact causes behind this trend aren’t fully understood yet, experts agree that changes in lifestyle and environmental exposures over the past decades are the most probable cause.) Rising cancers in young adults preceded pandemic, unrelated to COVID-19 or vaccines, contrary to Patrick Soon-Shiong’s claims in Tucker Carlson interview
MOSTLY TRUE	Claim by Ruben Gallego (D): Men “have the lowest college attainment rate ever.” Politifact rating: Mostly True (According to the National Center for Education Statistics, four men were enrolled in postsecondary institutions for every six women in 2023, a historic low.) Sen. Ruben Gallego is mostly right: American men trail women in higher education at historic levels
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Petitioned by Jewish activist groups, President Donald Trump ordered the Federal Reserve to mint quarters without ridges. Lead Stories rating: False (The proof the post offered was a counterfeit CNN.com screenshot.) Fact Check: Donald Trump Did Not Order Federal Reserve To Mint Quarters Without Ridges — And CNN Did Not Report He Did
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Jimmy Kimmel kicked billionaire Elon Musk off his talk show after a tense exchange, eventually never airing the interview. Snopes rating: False (Fake) Jimmy Kimmel didn’t kick Musk off his show
FALSE	(International: United Kingdom): The U.K. is proposing to limit the vehicle fuel tank capacity to 20 liters by 2026. Logically Facts rating: Fake Fact-Check: U.K. fuel tank capacity cut to 20 liters is satire

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