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
| MISLEADING | Claim by Chuck Grassley (R): The FBI’s “Arctic Frost” investigation improperly targeted around 100 Republican organizations, including Turning Point USA.
Snopes rating: Misleading (It is true that Turning Point USA and other GOP groups were referenced in subpoenas, but the language suggesting a partisan political “targeting” is misleading. The subpoenas sought financial records related to the Jan. 6 rally, not broad partisan surveillance.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Rachel Maddow, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel launched a newsroom named “The Independent Desk”
Lead Stories rating: False (They Didn’t) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk once said former U.S. President Joe Biden is a “corrupt tyrant who should honestly be put in prison and/or given the death penalty for his crimes against America.”
Snopes rating: True (Correct Attribution) What Charlie Kirk actually said about Biden getting ‘the death penalty’ |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Erika Kirk files a 40 million defamation lawsuit against ABC.
Lead Stories rating: False (Satire Site) Fact Check: Erika Kirk Did NOT File A $40 Million Lawsuit Against ABC — Satire Origin |
| FALSE | (International: Qatar): Video of burning building taken after Israeli airstrike in Qatar.
AFP Fact Check rating: False Clip of burning building from Nepal protests, not Israeli airstrike |
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