MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 07/09/2025

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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

TRUE	Claim via Social Media: In early July 2025, former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb said Trump was “worse than anyone in our history.” Snopes rating: True (Correct Attribution) Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb said Trump is ‘worse than anyone in our history’
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: The Rainmaker Technology Corp.’s cloud seeding caused the July 4 flooding in Texas. PolitiFact rating: False (The remnants of Tropical Storm Barry dropping intense rain on a flood-prone region caused the deadly flood in Texas, meteorologists said.) Naturally occurring rainfall caused deadly Texas flooding, not a corporation’s cloud seeding
TRUE	Claim via Social Media: One minute is missing from the video posted by the Department of Justice showing the hallway outside the jail cell where Jeffrey Epstein was found dead. Lead Stories rating: True (The 10-hour-long closed-circuit camera video posted on the Justice Department website on July 3, 2025, jumps from 11:58:58 p.m. on August 9, 2019, to 12:00:00 a.m. on August 10, 2019. The video ends about 10 minutes after Epstein was found dead inside his cell at 6:30 a.m.) Fact Check: Epstein Jail Video Posted By Department Of Justice IS Missing 61 Seconds — Jumps From 11:58:59 PM to 12:00:00 AM
FALSE	(International: Australia): The Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) underwrites companies even if they don’t produce power. AAP rating: False (The CIS subsidises renewable projects when revenues fall below a threshold, but producers must produce power to be paid.) Experts pull plug on Barnaby Joyce’s renewables scheme claim

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