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: Retired Gen. Mark Milley told U.S. troops being deployed to U.S. cities in August 2025 that they “do not report to a dictator.”
Lead Stories rating: False ( Milley’s remarks were made in September of 2023, almost two years before President Donald Trump sent the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Milley, in a speech at his retirement ceremony, addressed American military members in total, not any specific units or service branch.) |
| FALSE | Claim by JD Vance (R): “If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation.”
PolitiFact rating: False (World War II ended with Germany and Japan’s unconditional surrender, and World War I’s armistice and Treaty of Versailles were overwhelmingly imposed on Germany, not true negotiations. History also includes many wars, like the Third Punic War, that ended in outright conquest rather than negotiation.) JD Vance said “every major conflict in human history” ended with negotiation. That’s False |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Tom Nichols, a U.S. Naval War College professor and staff writer for The Atlantic, once said: “One thing that genuinely mystifies me, Trump is one of the least masculine, least adult, people in public life. Needy, whiny, defensive, pleading, scared of women, terrified of more powerful men. I am at a loss as to why his base sees him as manly or strong.”
Snopes rating: True (He confirmed the quote.) U.S. Naval War College professor once called Trump the ‘least masculine’ person in public life? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: This is a screenshot of a Truth Social post from President Trump where he says he won’t release the Epstein files in order to protect Bill Clinton
Lead Stories rating: False (Originated as Satire) |
| FALSE | (International: Philippines): U.S. President Donald Trump will get former president Rodrigo Duterte from the custody of the International Criminal Court.
VERA Files rating: False |
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