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: Authentic photo shows suspected Michigan church shooter Thomas Jacob Sanford wearing a Trump shirt.
Lead Stories rating: True (Real Photo) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Multiple country music stars, including Dolly Parton, Alan Jackson and George Strait, refused to perform a planned tribute to slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk at the 2026 Super Bowl.
Snopes.com rating: False (AI) Did country music legends refuse to perform Charlie Kirk tribute at 2026 Super Bowl? |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Hakeem Jeffries (D): “Republicans have effectively ended medical research in the United States of America.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (President Trump has proposed significant cuts and made reductions in some areas, Congress has rejected eliminating funding, and the NIH would still receive over $27 billion in 2026.) Donald Trump’s cuts to medical research would be steep, but Hakeem Jeffries exaggerates them |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: FEC database Screenshot proves Thomas Jacob Sanford of Burton, Michigan, donated to ActBlue regularly.
Lead Stories rating: False (Different Person) |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): Keir Starmer has announced a 32-hour working week in the UK starting in 2026.
Full Fact rating: False (No such policy has been announced. The social media videos claiming this feature inauthentic audio with old footage of Mr Starmer.) Keir Starmer has not announced a 32-hour working week from 2026 – Full Fact |
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