MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 11/21/2025

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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

TRUE	Claim via Social Media: In a 2017 email released by the House Oversight Committee in November 2025, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote, “I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body.” Snopes rating: True (The email is authentic) Epstein email said Trump was a bad person: ‘Not one decent cell in his body’
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Candace Owens: “The HPV vaccine Gardasil causes infertility.” Science Feedback rating: Unsupported (Claims linking the HPV vaccine to infertility rely on anecdotal reports and a flawed, later-retracted analysis. Multiple large studies of hundreds of thousands of people found no association between HPV vaccination and primary ovarian insufficiency.) Candace Owens repeats unsubstantiated claim about HPV vaccine causing infertility Candace Owens Rating
TRUE	Claim via Social Media: A police chief in Bloomington, Minnesota, said that when law enforcement arrested an Immigration and Customs Enforcement employee in an underage sex sting, the suspect said, “I’m ICE, boys.” Snopes rating: True (The ICE employee worked as a civilian auditor, not as an officer.) Did ICE employee say ‘I’m ICE, boys,’ when arrested in underage sex sting?
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: SSRIs and other antidepressants may contribute to mass violence. PolitiFact rating: False (No evidence shows SSRIs cause mass violence. Millions of Americans use antidepressants, yet violent crime has declined since their introduction. Mass shooters are less likely than the general population to have taken SSRIs, and research has not established any causal link between antidepressants and violent behavior.) Antidepressants are widely used in the U.S., and data hasn’t proved they cause mass violence
FALSE	(International: Philippines): First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos called Sen. Imee Marcos retokada after the latter’s drug accusations against the First Family. VERA Files rating: Fake Viral quote of Liza Marcos calling Sen. Imee Marcos ‘retokada’ FAKE

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