MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 10/26/2025 (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 via Social Media: A plaque quoting President Franklin D. Roosevelt about “a house owned by all the American people” was torn down by the demolition of the East Wing of the White House. Lead Stories rating: False (It is not at the White House) Fact Check: Plaque Quoting FDR About ‘House Owned By All The American People’ Was NOT In White House East Wing — At FDR Memorial
MISLEADING	Claim by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R): “Democrats are demanding $500 million for liberal news outlets.” The Dispatch Fact Check rating: Misleading (The proposal restores public funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports PBS and NPR. While conservatives have criticized those outlets as liberal, the funds are for public media infrastructure, not partisan programming.) Mike Johnson’s Claims About Democratic ‘Demands’ to End Shutdown
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Rob Schneider: The United States had no children’s hospitals in the 1960s and 1970s. Lead Stories rating: False (The first children’s hospital was opened in Philadelphia in 1855, with 26 operating by 1895, according to an academic paper. Hospitals opened in the 1960s include St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis.) Fact Check: There WERE Children’s Hospitals In The U.S. When Rob Schneider Was A Kid — Since At Least 1855
FALSE	(International: Australia): Australian swimmer Kyle Chalmers says he will withdraw from the Australian swim team if tickets are sold to LGBT athletes. Australian Associated Press rating: False (The quote has been fabricated.) Chalmers latest target of fake LGBTQI posts on Facebook \| AAP

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