MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 06/29/2025 (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 via Social Media: Authorities in Dayton, Ohio, fined and put on house arrest a 17-year-old high school student named Kameron Price for hacking into the city’s traffic control system to make the stoplights sync up. Snopes rating: False (Fake-AI) Pump the brakes on claim Ohio teen who hacked Dayton traffic light was fined, put on house arrest
MOSTLY TRUE	Claim by Occupy Democrats: “Undocumented immigrants paid more taxes last year than Amazon, GM, IBM & Netflix combined.” Politifact rating: Mostly True (Yale University’s nonpartisan Budget Lab estimated that people in the U.S. illegally paid $22 billion in federal income taxes in 2023. Tax disclosures by Amazon, General Motors, IBM and Netflix show the companies paid just over $5 billion in federal income taxes in 2022 combined and $15 billion in 2024.) Do people in the US illegally pay more taxes than Amazon, GM, IBM & Netflix? That’s Mostly True Occupy Democrats Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: A Harvard University study found that nearly 400,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are missing as a result of the Israel-Hamas war. AP News rating: False (Harvard published no such study. Moreover, these claims misrepresent data from the report that was intended to address an entirely unrelated topic. Here’s a closer look at the facts.) FACT FOCUS: Posts misrepresent report to falsely claim nearly 400,000 Palestinians are missing
FALSE	(International: Australia): A study’s reported rise in cancer rates is explained by the COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Australian Associated Press rating: False (The study was done before COVID-19 vaccine mandates were introduced.) Study’s cancer rate rise not linked to COVID vaccines \| AAP

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