MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 12/30/2025

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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: Kenneth Petty, the husband of rapper Nicki Minaj, is a registered sex offender. Snopes rating: True (Petty was convicted on a charge of attempted first-degree rape in April 1995, according to the New York registry. He was 16 at the time of the crime, the same age as his victim.) Yes, Nicki Minaj’s husband is registered sex offender
MISLEADING	Claim by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Hormone therapy lowers the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by 35% and cognitive decline by 64%. FactCheck.org rating: Misleading (The claims rely on small, outdated or methodologically weak studies; larger and more recent studies show no reduction in dementia risk and in some cases increased risk.) Makary, RFK Jr. Exaggerate Chronic Disease Benefits of Menopausal Hormone Therapy
MOSTLY TRUE	Claim by Pete Buttigieg (D): Trump is “passing off as his idea” a long-term communications fix begun under the Biden administration. FactCheck.org rating: Mostly True (Trump has committed more funding, but much of his “Brand New Air Traffic Control System” builds on NextGen projects and contracts initiated years earlier, including during the Biden administration.) Sorting Out Competing Claims on Air Traffic Control
FALSE	(International: Serbia): The viral post claims that over 1.3 million Christians in Serbia are protesting to demand that the country be declared a Christian nation. The Quint rating: False Fact-Check:Viral Video Falsely Claims Serbian Protests Demand a Christian Nation

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