MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 05/28/2025

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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): There are no consequences for perpetrators of South African farm murders. Africa Check rating: Incorrect (Murders of white farmers in South Africa are often high-profile crimes that are reported on extensively in the media, and court cases are publicly accessible online.) ‘Death, death, death’: setting the record straight on Trump’s South Africa farm murder spectacle Donald Trump Rating
MISLEADING	Claim by Retired Nurse John Campbell: Data from the Czech Republic suggests COVID-19 vaccines reduce fertility. Science Feedback rating: Misleading (The preprint reported finding fewer births by vaccinated women compared to unvaccinated women in Czechia. But it didn’t rule out the possibility that confounding factors, like age and education level, were the main drivers of the observed trend. Published studies didn’t find an association between COVID-19 vaccination and infertility.) Czech data doesn’t show COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Former U.S. President Barack Obama received a $22.9 million donation from the Venezuelan government for the construction of an apartment on top of his presidential library. Snopes.com rating: False (Labeled Satire) Obama didn’t accept $22.9M donation from Venezuelan government to build apartment on top of presidential library
FALSE	(International: New Zealand): Auckland residents are being urged to help a boy found unconscious. AAP rating: False (The request for help is part of a scam.) Schoolboy coma scam targets NZ Facebook users

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