Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers that 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 by Donald Trump (R): “I brought back free speech” during his second term.
PolitiFact rating: False (Trump’s administration has taken repeated actions to curtail speech, including targeting protestors and media.) Fact-checking President Donald Trump’s first 100 days of his second term |
| FALSE | Claim by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Only 10–25% of the autism prevalence increase can be attributed to better recognition and diagnosis.
FactCheck.org rating: False (Scientific literature does not support this; no study accounts for all contributing factors.) |
| MISLEADING | Claim via Social Media: Agriculture and land use emit more greenhouse gases than using fossil fuels.
Science Feedback rating: Misleading (Fossil fuels are the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions based on widely-accepted greenhouse gas accounting methodology used by the most reputable scientific organizations such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.) Agriculture emits greenhouse gases, but less than using fossil fuels, despite recent paper’s claim |
| FALSE | (International: Philippines): US President Donald Trump promised to help free former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte from the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Rappler rating: False FACT CHECK: No Trump promise to free Duterte from ICC custody |
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