MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 08/23/2025 (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 by Donald Trump (R): The U.S. has given Ukraine $350 billion in aid while Europe has given only $100 billion. FactCheck.org rating: False (Europe has allocated more direct, bilateral aid than the U.S. — about $195 billion compared with the U.S.’s $133 billion. Trump’s inflated $350 billion figure included indirect economic costs like inflation and trade losses, which experts said were exaggerated and not comparable to direct aid.) Trump Repeats False Ukraine Aid Claim Donald Trump Rating
MOSTLY TRUE	Claim by Gavin Newsom (D): “Democrats have voted for national independent redistricting. Republicans have not.” PolitiFact rating: Mostly True (In 2021, all U.S. House Republicans voted against H.R. 1, called the “For the People Act.” One part would have required states to establish independent redistricting commissions, nonlegislative bodies that would draw political district lines. All House Democrats but one voted for it.) Fact-checking Newsom’s claim that Republicans voted against national independent redistricting Gavin Newsom Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Dozens of children were abducted in a “mass abduction” in Virginia in August 2025, with ice cream trucks possibly involved. Snopes rating: False (Virginia police confirmed no mass abduction occurred; the number of missing-child reports that week was below average, and there is no evidence linking ice cream trucks to the cases.) Don’t fall for claims of ‘mass abduction’ of children in Virginia in 2025
FALSE	(International: Australia): Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has delivered only 17 homes. AAP rating: False (Albanese government funding has supported the construction of more than 2000 homes so far.) Sussan Ley wrong on Labor’s housing construction numbers

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