MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 09/06/2025 (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 by Joseph Lapado (R): Every school vaccine mandate “drips” with “slavery.” Politifact rating: Pants on Fire (Florida has exemptions from vaccine participation. Enslaved people had no exemptions.) School vaccine rules are not like slavery. Fact-checking Florida’s Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo
NO EVIDENCE	Claim by Donald Trump (R): The death penalty is “a very strong preventative” against murder. FactCheck.org rating: No Evidence (Extensive studies have failed to establish that capital punishment deters homicide; research remains inconclusive.) Trump’s Unsupported Death Penalty Claim Donald Trump Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Today’s children have to get between 69 and 92 vaccines… Only one of those vaccines has been tested against a placebo.” AP Fact Check rating: False (The schedule recommends protection against 18 diseases, but dose counts vary. All vaccines are thoroughly tested, including placebo-controlled studies, and decades of data confirm their safety and effectiveness.) A look at false and misleading claims made by RFK Jr. during Senate hearing
FALSE	(International: Australia): Australia can’t recognise Palestine as a state if it doesn’t meet legal criteria for statehood. AAP rating: False (Recognizing Palestine is at the discretion of individual states, and it doesn’t breach any laws or legal obligations.) No, Australia’s plan to recognise state of Palestine doesn’t breach international law

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