MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 09/03/2025

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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 James Uthmeier: The U.S. Census included a citizenship question “for over 150 years” before the Obama administration. PolitiFact rating: False (The last time the decennial census broadly asked about citizenship was in 1950, and after that it appeared only on long-form questionnaires sent to a sample of households. The 2010 Census dropped the long form under plans made during the Bush administration, but the citizenship question has continued annually on the American Community Survey.) Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier gets history wrong on census citizenship question
TRUE	Claim via Social Media: The CIA once ran a brothel to experiment with LSD, a hallucinogenic drug, on its unsuspecting patrons. It called the project “Operation Midnight Climax.” Snopes rating: True (“Operation Midnight Climax,” was one of 149 subprojects run under the umbrella MKULTRA project. The project had been authorized at the height of the Cold War between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., at a time when the one-upmanship between the two powers led them to explore more sophisticated and riskier ways of extracting secrets from one another.) Yes, the CIA ran a brothel in San Francisco and tested LSD on unsuspecting patrons
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Stephen Colbert signed a $13.5 million dealt with Netflix for a 7-episode series about his journey through American TV history Lead Stories rating: False (AI Nonsense) Fact Check: No Evidence Stephen Colbert Signed $13.5 Million Deal With Netflix For TV Series As Of September 1, 2025 — It’s AI Slop
FALSE	(International: India): PM Modi was welcomed with a drone show to China’s SCO Summit. The Quint rating: False Was PM Modi Welcomed With a Drone Show in China? No, Image Is Edited

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