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: U.S. President Donald Trump once said the Japanese came through the Panama Canal to attack Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
Snopes rating: False (He never said this) Trump didn’t say Japanese ‘came through the Panama Canal’ to attack Pearl Harbor |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Florida banned “The Diary of Anne Frank” from public library shelves.
Lead Stories rating: False (Not the state – A graphic version of Anne Frank’s diary was removed from school library shelves in Escambia County, Florida, after a complaint that it minimized the Holocaust with the inclusion of Frank’s description of her private thoughts about sex.) Fact Check: Florida Did NOT Ban ‘Diary Of Anne Frank’ From School Libraries |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Miami and Tampa have each reached triple-digit temperatures only once since temperatures have been recorded.
Snopes rating: True Miami and Tampa have each had just a single 100-degree day in recorded history? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Pam Bondi is involved in a legal action against Brittney Griner that will prevent her from competing in the Olympics.
Lead Stories rating: False (Made-Up Story) |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): Australia has given $130 million to Hamas.
AAP rating: False (Australia has given $130 million to aid organizations operating in the Middle East.) |
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