MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 09/29/2025

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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

TRUE	Claim via Social Media: Autism has existed for longer than Tylenol. Snopes rating: True (Tylenol, the brand name for acetaminophen, was introduced in 1955, though the drug itself was first synthesized in 1878. Autism, later classified as part of the autism spectrum disorder, was first formally diagnosed in 1943, predating Tylenol’s launch. Experts note that descriptions of behaviors resembling autism appear in medical literature from the 19th century and earlier, suggesting its history extends well before the modern diagnosis.) Which was discovered first, autism or Tylenol? What to know
BLATANT LIE	Claim by President Donald Trump (R): Small children are given “80 different vaccines.” Politifact rating: False (By the time children turn 10 years old, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that they receive 11 different vaccines protecting against 15 diseases. Counting each dose, since some vaccines are administered across several doses, it equals 30 doses — or 52 doses, if annual COVID-19 and flu vaccines are included. Many vaccines can be delivered in combination shots combining several doses in one syringe, so kids rarely receive as many separate injections as doses.) No, small children don’t receive ‘80 different vaccines,’ despite President Donald Trump’s statement Donald Trump Rating
TRUE	Claim via Social Media: An image authentically shows a newspaper article from Feb. 4, 1939, reporting that Joseph Goebbels, the minister of propaganda for the German Third Reich under Adolf Hitler, banned five comedians for joking about the Nazi Party and its leaders. Snopes rating: True Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels banned comedians for joking about Nazi Party
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: “Erika Kirk is banned from Romania because her Evangelical group was accused of trafficking children out of Romanian villages.” PolitiFact rating: False (From at least 2012 to 2014, Kirk worked on a project called Romanian Angels which allowed people to sponsor Romanian children and send them gifts, according to archived sites and news reports. The project didn’t involve child adoption.) No, Erika Kirk’s Romanian charity work was not linked to trafficking
FALSE	(International: Philippines): All Filipinos with national identification cards will receive P5,000 cash assistance upon registration through a link provided in an online post. Rappler rating: False FACT CHECK: Post on P5,000 cash aid for national ID holders is fake

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