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: In August 2025, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly invested $5 million in a dog “healing sanctuary.”
Snopes.com rating: False (Made up) Did Pete Hegseth invest $5M in ‘Dogtopia’ healing sanctuary? |
| FALSE | Claim by Ron DeSantis (R): Florida was the first state to eliminate DEI in higher education.
Gigafact rating: False (North Dakota was first, passing a law in April 2023 restricting DEI programs, while Florida followed a month later with its own legislation. Florida’s move was more publicized, but not the first.) DeSantis said Florida was the first to ‘eliminate DEI’ in higher ed. Is that true? |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Duolingo, the language learning app, apologized in an X post for calling author JK Rowling “mean” in a German lesson.
Snopes rating: True Duolingo apologized for calling JK Rowling ‘mean’ in a German lesson |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Screenshot of X post from Ivanka Trump in which she claims Trump’s penis is not as small as depicted on South Park is real.
Lead Stories rating: False (Not Real) |
| FALSE | (International: Philippines): Senate President Chiz Escudero was removed from his post due to corruption.
Rappler rating: False |
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