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 Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D): “Forty-five percent of the people … at risk of losing health care if they don’t extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits … are registered Republicans.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly True (A May KFF poll found 45% of adults buying their own insurance — mostly through ACA marketplaces — identify as Republicans, but it’s uncertain how many would lose coverage.) Fact-checking claims about ACA subsidies and the government shutdown |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): “CZ was a victim of a Biden witch hunt.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (The DOJ investigation started years before Biden took office, and both Binance and Zhao admitted to extensive wrongdoing, including failures enabling money laundering and sanctions violations.) Addressing Trump’s Claims About the Pardon of Binance Founder |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Mark Epstein was referring to a horse named “Bubba” in an email to his brother Jeffrey Epstein when he wrote “Ask him if Putin has the photos of Trump blowing Bubba”.
Lead Stories rating: False ( A spokesperson for Mark Epstein said the 2018 message was not about a horse. The claim that it was a horse spread across social platforms soon after Mark Epstein gave a statement ruling out viral claims that “Bubba” was a reference to former President Bill Clinton. Epstein also said it was a “humorous private exchange between two brothers.”) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: An image authentically shows U.S. President Donald Trump kissing a young girl.
Snopes rating: False (Fake) |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): Victoria’s Indigenous treaty will cost taxpayers $2.34 billion each year.
AAP rating: False (The treaty will cost state taxpayers about $70 million annually.) No, Indigenous treaty will not cost Aussie taxpayers billions each year |
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