MBFC’s Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 05/11/2025 (Weekend Edition)

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 via Social Media: Shiloh Hendrix funds are frozen, donors can’t get refunds.

Lead Stories rating: False (It is not frozen to date.)

Fact Check: As of May 9, 2025, Shiloh Hendrix’s Fundraising Campaign Was NOT Frozen, Despite Criticism

MOSTLY TRUE Claim by Charles Blow: “China makes 80% of all toys” and “90% of all Christmas goods” sold in the U.S.

Politifact rating: Mostly True (Very Close: The U.S. International Trade Commission’s 2024 data showed 78.3% of all U.S. toy imports and 85% of Christmas-related imports came from China. Another data source, the Observatory of Economic Complexity, said of the United States’ $41 billion imports in toys, games and sports equipment in 2024, $30 billion or about 73.3% came from China.) ​

Are most toys and Christmas goods sold in the U.S. manufactured in China? Data supports that

BLATANT
LIE
Claim via Social Media: Pope Leo XIV Was a Founding Member of the 2020 Anarchist Portland Autonomous Zone Known as CHAZ.

Lead Stories rating: Fake

Fact Check: Fake Headline About Pope Leo XIV And 2020 Anarchist ‘CHAZ’ Protest Did NOT Appear In New York Times — Location Wrong, Too

FALSE (International: Germany): A German study found that mRNA vaccines are linked to cancer and ‘VAIDS’.

AAP rating: False (Two of the study’s lead authors say the findings have been misrepresented.)

Study did not link COVID-19 vaccines to cancer or ‘VAIDS’

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