MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 10/05/2025 (Weekend Edition)

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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 Donald Trump (R): Scientists stopped using “global warming” because the Earth “started getting cooler.” FactCheck.org rating: False (Scientists still use “global warming” to describe rising surface temperatures; “climate change” is a broader term that includes global warming and related impacts. The Earth has not been cooling.) Trump Misleads on Climate Change and Renewables at U.N. Donald Trump Rating
MOSTLY TRUE	Claim by Amy Klobuchar (D): People with insurance through the Affordable Care Act will see a “75% increase in premiums starting Nov. 1” if enhanced subsidies are not extended, including “twice as much in the rural areas.” PolitiFact rating: Mostly True (An analysis by the health care think tank KFF found that the disappearance of enhanced subsidies would increase out-of-pocket health care costs for people insured by the Affordable Care Act by an average of 79%, which is close to 75%. Rural enrollees would pay more than twice as much out of pocket for their coverage than before the enhanced subsidies expire, according to an analysis by the Century Foundation, a left-of-center think tank.) Would rural residents get hit twice as hard by expiring ACA subsidies?
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Erika Kirk announced she is pregnant with her third child. Lead Stories rating: False (Didn’t Say It) Fact Check: Erika Kirk Did NOT Announce After Her Husband’s Death That She Is Pregnant With Their Third Child
FALSE	(International: Australia): The Australia Act is fraudulent because colonial parliaments were dissolved at federation. Australian Associated Press rating: False (Multiple courts have ruled the Australia Act is valid, while the constitution explicitly preserves the powers of colonial parliaments.) Australia Act ‘fraud’ claim is flat-out false \| AAP

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