MBFC’s Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 05/05/2025

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

TRUE Claim via Social Media: Trump posted an AI generated picture of himself dressed as Pope.

Lead Stories rating: True (He Posted It on the official White House Account)

Fact Check: President Trump Did Post An AI Image Of Himself Dressed As Pope

BLATANT
LIE
Claim by Donald Trump (R): “We’re doing great” with international tourism.

FactCheck.org rating: False (Tourism to the U.S. was down 11.6% year-over-year in March.)

Trump’s Tourism Boast Doesn’t Match the Data

Donald Trump Rating

TRUE Claim via Social Media: U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, bought shares of Palantir Technologies days before the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced a $30 million contract with the company.

Snopes rating: True (Though Greene made public those trades, we could not determine whether she ordered them herself or whether her portfolio manager made that decision without her input.)

Marjorie Taylor Greene bought Palantir shares days before ICE awarded the company a $30M contract

BLATANT
LIE
Claim via Social Media: Owning a child sex slave is legal in California.

Lead Stories rating: False (Democratic lawmakers blocked passage of a proposed amendment that would have made soliciting prostitution with trafficked minors a felony, but that did not remove existing misdemeanor penalties and one section of the law allows prosecutors to seek felony penalties.)

Fact Check: It Is NOT Legal To Own A Child Sex Slave In California

BLATANT
LIE
Claim via Social Media: Following concerns Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services would defund the U.S. LGBTQ+ youth suicide prevention hotline, Canada added a toll-free number to their national suicide hotline for Americans to use free of charge.

Snopes rating: False (There is no evidence to support this claim.)

No evidence Canada is making its national suicide hotline available to US citizens

FALSE (International: United Kingdom): Indians or Pakistanis set fire to a church in Wales in April 2025.

Lead Stories rating: False 

Fact Check: Indians or Pakistanis Did NOT Set Fire to a Church in Wales — Police Arrested Local Teens

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weeksfromnow

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weeksfromnow

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