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): “Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a ‘right of ownership’ anyway? There are no written documents.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (Denmark’s sovereignty over Greenland is documented through treaties, international court rulings, and constitutional law; the U.S. has repeatedly recognized Denmark’s ownership. |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: A video showing a Somalian man in court asking to be deported instead of having to serve a 30-year prison sentence for daycare fraud is real.
Lead Stories rating: False (AI-Generated) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Kash Patel and Kristi Noem: In Minnesota, licensed gun owners are not permitted to carry a loaded firearm at a protest.
Snopes rating: False (Minnesota state law and federal law all allow licensed gun owners to carry firearms, even loaded, in almost all public spaces, including at a protest.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: The parents of Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse shot to death by ICE agents in Minneapolis, say their son quit his hospital job months earlier and showed “unusual behavior”.
Lead Stories rating: False (A statement released by Pretti’s parents referenced his work as an ICU nurse at a Veterans Administration hospital, but it did not say that he had quit or that his recent behavior was unusual.) |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): Australians are required to provide government ID every time they search the web.
AAP rating: False (ID is not required for internet searches under new regulations.) |
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