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
| FALSE | Claim by Charles Pierce, Esquire: J.D. Vance secretly visited Rupert Murdoch right before the Wall Street Journal published an expose on Donald Trump
The Dispatch rating: False (there is no evidence Vance met with Murdoch in July, and the cited trip occurred in June, weeks before the Wall Street Journal article was published.) |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Lori Chavez-DeRemer: Under President Donald Trump’s newly signed tax law, “Those making less than $50,000 receive the largest (tax) cuts.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer cited credible but cherry-picked data that highlights only new policies, ignores expiring benefits for low- and middle-income families after 2028, and overstates gains for modest earners by focusing on tax liability instead of after-tax income.) Labor secretary cherry-picks chart showing lower- and middle-income gains from Trump’s tax bill |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Barron Trump announced he is dating Sasha Obama and she will be his one and only wife.
Lead Stories rating: False (Fake) |
| FALSE | (International: South Africa): South African woman arrested for child support money from eight men.
AFP Fact Check rating: False Unrelated arrest photo shared in hoax about South African child support fraud |
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