MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 08/31/2025 (Weekend Edition)

Fact Check Search

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: Viral image shows a real Vanity Fair cover for a “special collector’s edition” issue featuring Melania Trump and the headline “The American Queen” Lead Stories rating: False (No Such Issue) Fact Check: NO Melania Trump Vanity Fair Edition Announced — Magazine’s Archive Doesn’t Contain Viral Cover
MISLEADING	Claim via Social Media: A July 2025 executive order from U.S. President Donald Trump aims to “institutionalize anyone disabled.” Snopes rating: Misleading (A July 2025 order does “encourage” civil commitment of individuals with mental illness who “pose risks to themselves or the public or are living on the streets and cannot care for themselves in appropriate facilities for appropriate periods of time.” However …The order does not, broadly speaking, aim to commit “anyone disabled” to institutions as many posts claimed but, rather, those who have mental illness and are living on the streets who “cannot care for themselves.”) Claim Trump executive order aims to ‘institutionalize anyone disabled’ lacks key context
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Covid vaccines caused a 300% rise in miscarriage and cancer rates, and a 1,000% rise in neurological disorders. Full Fact rating: False (These figures come from a calculation based on faulty data. The corrected figures were much lower, and did not show a rise in these conditions caused by the Covid vaccines anyway.) Covid vaccines did not cause a 300% rise in cancer and miscarriage rates – Full Fact
FALSE	(International: Australia): Fifty per cent of CSIRO funding comes from private industry. AAP rating: False (Three-quarters of CSIRO’s annual revenue comes from the Australian federal and state/territory governments.) No, CSIRO isn’t half-funded by private companies

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