MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 05/31/2025 (Weekend Edition)

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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 Mike Johnson (R): “We are not cutting” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. PolitiFact rating: False (The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that, if enacted, 3.2 million fewer people per month on average would receive benefits over the next nine years, based solely on the bill’s provisions expanding work requirements. The nonpartisan Urban Institute found that the work requirement expansion alone could lead to 5.4 million people losing some or all of their monthly SNAP benefits.) Mike Johnson is wrong: Millions could lose SNAP benefits under GOP bill, analysts find
FALSE	Claim by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “I didn’t fire any working scientist.” FactCheck.org rating: False (HHS terminated over 1,500 NIH grants—including for ALS, cancer, and HIV—laid off numerous PhD-level researchers across CDC, NIH, and FDA, and eliminated entire divisions conducting critical public health work, which demonstrably halted or delayed potentially life-saving science.) RFK Jr. Denies Cuts to Scientific Research While Slashing Staff, Funding
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: In May 2025, Barron Trump, the son of U.S. President Donald Trump, debated Rep. Jasmine Crockett on live TV. Snopes rating: False (AI-generated) AI-generated videos spurred rumor that Barron Trump debated Jasmine Crockett on live TV
FALSE	(International: Singapore): Singapore has become the first country to perform an autopsy of a COVID-19 infected patient. The Quint rating: False Did Singapore Perform an Autopsy on a COVID-19 Patient? No, Claim Is False!

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