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
| FALSE | Claim by Donald Trump (R): The Affordable Care Act was “highly ineffective.”
PolitiFact rating: False (The uninsured rate dropped from 14.8% in 2012 to 8.6% in 2016 after the law’s implementation.) Donald Trump’s plaques for past presidents include falsehoods |
| MISLEADING | Claim via Social Media: Donald Trump said he would go “backstage before a Miss Teen USA show” and see “girls” with no clothes on.
Full Fact rating: Misleading (While Mr Trump said in a 2005 interview that he would go backstage at some beauty pageants and see women with no clothes on, he did not mention Miss Teen USA or talk about seeing teenage girls getting dressed.) Edited Trump quote shared with misleading claims about teen beauty pageants – Full Fact |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Donald Trump made 4,725 wire transfers to Jeffrey Epstein totaling nearly $1.1 billion.
PolitiFact rating: False (The 4,725 wire transfers cited by Sen. Ron Wyden referred to activity within Epstein’s bank account, not transfers made by Trump.) Six years after his death, Jeffrey Epstein still fuels conspiracies and falsehoods |
| FALSE | (International: Austria): The Bondi Beach gunmen were from Pakistan.
AAP rating: False (One of the gunmen was born in India, while the other was born in Australia.) False claims circulate about Bondi Beach shooters’ nationality |
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