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 via Social Media: Photo shows Chuck Schumer smiling and dining with Jeffrey Epstein.
Lead Stories rating: False (AI-generated) Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Chuck Schumer Smiling AND Dining With Jeffrey Epstein |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Musician Kid Rock sang “I like ’em underage” and “some say that’s statutory” in the song “Cool, Daddy Cool.”
Snopes rating: True (Those are the lyrics) Yes, Kid Rock sang ‘I like ’em underage’ and ‘some say that’s statutory’ in ‘Cool, Daddy Cool’ |
| MISLEADING | Claim by The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP): Hepatitis B infections are now rare, so the U.S. can scale back birth-dose vaccination.
PolitiFact rating: Misleading (Infection rates are low because the universal birth-dose strategy worked. Before vaccination, 200,000–300,000 Americans were infected annually, including ~20,000 children. Today, only ~14,000 annual cases occur, and just 0.4 per 100,000 among youth — a dramatic decline due directly to vaccination.) Hepatitis B vaccine debate at ACIP: Four fact-checkable moments |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): “We’re drilling more oil and gas now than we ever have, by almost double.”
PolitiFact rating: False (U.S. oil and gas production has reached record highs, but federal data show increases of only a few percentage points compared with the previous year, not anywhere near double.) |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has allowed new citizens to not take an oath to Australia.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (The oath is still a requirement and no changes have been made to it under the Albanese government.) No, Albanese government has not scrapped citizenship oath | AAP |
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