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: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s acting director, Jim O’Neill, once said: “There are plenty of healthy, spare kidneys walking around unused.”
Snopes rating: True (Correct Attribution) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: MAGA televangelist disappeared with all the money of his congregants after telling them the rapture would happen today.
Lead Stories rating: False (Not Real) |
| FALSE | Claim by Donald Trump (R): “The Amish, as an example, they have essentially no autism”
AFP Fact Check rating: False (Autism exists in Amish communities. The exact numbers are unknown.) |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Josh Hawley (R): “The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators.
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (Federal law requires law enforcement to get authorization for wiretaps and regulates how that information is used. An FBI document said agents reviewed call records—not wiretaps—linked to lawmakers during a 2020 election probe, and a Senate press release confirmed the data showed call times and lengths, not content.) Sen. Josh Hawley said the FBI ‘tapped my phone.’ That’s not what happened. |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): BlackRock owns the Australian Taxation Office.
AAP rating: False (BlackRock does not own the ATO.) Cancelled business name registration fuels major tax conspiracy |
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