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
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): Tariffs are paid “at least 80%” by foreign producers and middlemen.
AP News rating: False (The Harvard-linked study Trump cited found U.S. consumers bore about 43% of tariff costs, with most of the remainder absorbed by U.S. firms, not foreign exporters.) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: “A video authentically shows Kevin Spacey saying that ‘young girls’ were on a Jeffrey Epstein–owned plane he flew on with Clinton Foundation members.”
Snopes rating: True (In a June 11, 2024, interview with Piers Morgan, Kevin Spacey said he later learned the plane used for a humanitarian trip with Clinton Foundation members was owned by Jeffrey Epstein and stated that there were “young girls” on some of those flights.) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: U.S. Department of Justice published, and then removed, a document that contained allegations that President Donald Trump hosted “calendar girl” parties where late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein would bring children to be auctioned off and Trump would “measure…
Snopes rating: True (They did almost immediately.) |
| FALSE | (International: Philippines): Photo shows President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in a hospital bed, wearing an oxygen mask.
VERA Files rating: Fake FACT CHECK: Circulating photo of Marcos Jr. in hospital bed FAKE |
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