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 reference to the Dec. 13, 2025, mass shooting at Brown University, U.S. President Donald Trump said, “Things can happen.”
Snopes.com rating: True (Correct Attribution) ‘Things can happen’: Trump quote about Brown University shooting spreads online |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Laura Loomer: Image shows Rob Reiner tweeted in 2023 that he would stop posting until “Trump goes to prison.”
PolitiFact rating: False (A purported 2023 tweet from Rob Reiner appearing to show the director boycotting the social media platform if President Donald Trump didn’t go to prison was fabricated. Reiner tweeted in 2023 that Democracy wouldn’t be “restored” unless Trump was indicted.) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said, “Go Bills,” referring to the Buffalo, New York, NFL team, before addressing deadly shootings in Sydney, Australia, and at Brown University.
Snopes.com rating: True (Correct Attribution) Did Chuck Schumer say ‘go Bills’ before remarks on Sydney and Brown shootings? |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Donald Trump visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, Little St. James.
PolitiFact rating: False (There is no documented evidence Trump visited the island; flight logs show trips between New York and Florida only, and a circulating photo purporting to show Trump on the island was fabricated.) Six years after his death, Jeffrey Epstein still fuels conspiracies and falsehoods |
| FALSE | (International: Pakistan): Photo showing Imran Khan was killed in custody.
AFP Fact Check rating: False Decade-old photo of Imran Khan misrepresented as rumours about his detention swirl online |
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