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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 President Donald Trump: New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a communist.
PolitiFact rating: False (New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s platform proposes free buses and day care, rent control and city-owned grocery stores to make city living more affordable. Mamdani’s platform is not akin to communism, a system of government which calls for government takeover of private property and control of industry. Mamdani describes himself as a democratic socialist, which in the U.S. generally refers to generous social insurance programs such as heavily subsidized child care and higher tax rates to pay for education and health care.) Zohran Mamdani is favored to win NYC mayoral primary. Claims he’s a communist are False |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Military veteran and Purple Heart recipient Sae Joon Park self-deported to South Korea after receiving an ultimatum from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Snopes rating: True (Park chose to self-deport after being threatened with detention and deportation by ICE, according to his own account.) ICE ultimatum forced Purple Heart veteran to self-deport to South Korea |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: A widely-shared image provided an authentic record of Niagara Falls turning “blood red” in June 2025.
Lead Stories rating: False (Fake – Didn’t Happen) Fact Check: Niagara Falls Did NOT Turn ‘Blood Red’ in June 2025 — Viral Image is Fake |
| FALSE | (International: Russia): Man arrested for attack on toddler in Moscow airport is Jewish, child is Iranian
Lead Stories rating: False (According to the Iranian ambassador to Russia, the child seen in the viral video is Afghan. Earlier, a Russian regional commissioner for children’s rights said that the critcally injured toddler comes from an Afghan family with Russian citizenship that resides in Moscow.) Fact Check: Toddler Assaulted In Moscow, Russia, Airport Is NOT Iranian Citizen |
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