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
| MOSTLY TRUE |
Claim by Rand Paul (R): “About 25% of the time the Coast Guard boards a ship, there are no drugs.”
Politfact rating: Mostly True (A 2024 Coast Guard report found that 27% of the time Coast Guardsmen boarded boats suspected of carrying drugs, they found no drugs.) Is Rand Paul right that a quarter of Coast Guard searches of suspected drug boats come up empty? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by President Donald Trump (R): “You walk over from Iran to Qatar, you can walk it in one second.”
PolitiFact Rating: False (Iran and Qatar are separated by over 100 miles of water across the Persian Gulf; traveling between them requires passing through multiple countries.) Fact-checking Donald Trump’s speech in Israel on same day as hostage, prisoner releases |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: A photograph authentically showed a sign reading “Charlie Kirk had it coming, change my mind” at the Denver Communists stall during the city’s”No Kings” protest in October 2025.
Snopes.com rating: True (The photo is real) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Cuba has no autism and they also have no Tylenol.
Lead Stories rating: False (Cuba Has Both) |
| FALSE | (International: Philippines): A curfew will be imposed in the Philippines due to rising cases of influenza-like illnesses.
Rappler rating: False |
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