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via Social Media: In December 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., repealed a rule that required nurses to be present around the clock in long-term care facilities.
Snopes.com rating: True (The rule for staffing standards in long-term care facilities (which includes skilled nursing facilities) requiring registered nurses to be present at all times — announced during the administration of Democratic former President Joe Biden — had not yet gone into effect and had met several legal setbacks before the Trump administration announced the repeal.) Why RFK Jr.’s Health Department repealed rule for 24/7 nurses in nursing homes |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): Each U.S. boat strike off the coast of Venezuela saves 25,000 people.
PolitiFact rating: False (The administration has provided no evidence about the quantity or type of drugs on the targeted vessels, making the claim unverifiable; the implied death toll would dwarf annual U.S. overdose deaths.) Fact-checking Donald Trump following U.S. attacks on Venezuela and capture of Nicolás Maduro |
| MISLEADING | Claim by FDA official Tracy Beth Høeg: The U.S. is an international outlier giving 72 vaccine doses to children.
FactCheck.org rating: Misleading (The count inflates U.S. totals by separately counting combination vaccines and annual flu and COVID-19 shots while minimizing comparable doses in other countries.) Trump, FDA Make Misleading International Vaccine Schedule Comparisons |
| FALSE | Claim by Donald Trump (R): Democrats handed him “the worst inflation in the history of our country,” and prices are now “falling rapidly.”
Associated Press rating: False (Inflation peaked at 9.1% in 2022, not the highest in U.S. history, and current inflation rates remain around 3%, roughly where they were when Trump took office, not rapidly falling.) FACT FOCUS: Trump’s glowing account of progress is at odds with his government’s own stats |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): New driving laws are being introduced in Victoria from January 1, 2026.
AAP rating: False (No changes to Victorian driving laws are being introduced from that date.) |
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