MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 07/12/2025 (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: President Donald Trump, in a Truth Social post, asked the public to “focus on Mexicans and flooding” rather than whether he is “all over the Epstein files” Lead Stories rating: False (It is fake) Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Ask Americans to ‘Focus on Mexicans and Flooding’ Instead of the ‘Epstein Files’
FALSE	Claim via Social Media: Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton supplied Iran with uranium to enrich their nuclear program. Snopes.com rating: False (Although Clinton reportedly played a critical role in forming the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal and also, reportedly, “recognized the difficulty of reaching a solution with zero [uranium] enrichment” capabilities according to her top foreign policy aide, this does not mean that the deal, much less Clinton specifically, supplied Iran with uranium.) Inspecting claim Hillary Clinton supplied Iran with uranium for nuclear program
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): China doesn’t “have a lot of wind farms. … Very, very few.” PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (China has about 44% of the world’s wind farm capacity, ranking No. 1 globally and almost tripling what the U.S. has.) Donald Trump said China has ‘very, very few’ wind farms. But it has more than any country. Donald Trump Rating
FALSE	(International: Australia): There has never been a tax on unrealised gains in Australian history. AAP rating: False (Experts say there are currently, and have been historically, taxes on unrealised gains.) Liberal senators falsely claim Australia has never taxed unrealised gains

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