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: A startup company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s investment firm received a $620 million loan from the U.S. Department of Defense.
Snopes.com rating: True (This is known as crony capitalism.) DOD gave $620M loan to startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): The U.S. has received promises of investments totaling $18 trillion to $22 trillion since January.
PolitiFact rating: False (The White House website lists $9.6 trillion in investments, half of the figure President Donald Trump cites. But that $9.6 trillion includes aspirational, multi-year goals, and future purchases or sales of products, rather than only capital investments. The White House’s total includes large commitments from governments such as the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, whose pledges are multiple times larger than their countries’ annual gross domestic product, which calls the pledges’ feasibility into question.) Trump says the US secured at least $18 trillion worth of investments this year. That’s wrong |
| FALSE | Claim by JD Vance (R): “The price of a new home literally doubled” under President Joe Biden.
FactCheck.org rating: False (Federal data show the median sales price of new homes rose about 21% from January 2021 to January 2025; broader home price measures show at most about a 37% increase, not 100%. Vance appears to be conflating home prices with monthly ownership costs, which rose sharply due to higher mortgage rates, not a literal doubling of prices.) Vance’s Misleading Claims on Housing Prices and Illegal Immigration |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: CNBC correspondent Megan Cassella told President Trump he is not God during a press briefing.
Lead Stories rating: False (There is no evidence for that: No news articles make any mention of the quote and neither does CNBC’s own website. According to a post from Cassella on X she has been on maternity leave since September 19, 2025.) |
| FALSE | (International: India): This video shows Russian President Vladimir Putin being escorted by IAF jets during his recent visit to India.
The Quint rating: False Old Video Falsely Shared as Russian President Putin Being Escorted by IAF Jets |
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