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: Reacting to Bad Bunny’s 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said: “If Jesus wanted America to speak Spanish and have the Super Bowl halftime show in a foreign language, he would not have written the Bible in English.”
Snopes rating: False (Originated as Satire) |
| FALSE | Claim by Trump administration officials: The World Health Organization “pushed” or “promoted” COVID-19 lockdowns.
FactCheck.org rating: False (The WHO did not explicitly recommend lockdowns. It acknowledged that some governments might choose them in limited circumstances, warned of their harms, and emphasized they should not be a primary or default strategy.) Source: WHO Didn’t Recommend Lockdowns, Contrary to Health Officials’ Suggestions |
| MISLEADING | Claim by President Donald Trump (R): “Under my leadership, economic growth is exploding to numbers unheard of. They’ve never had them before.”
FactCheck.org rating: Misleading (GDP growth was strong in Q2 and Q3 2025, but BEA data show it was not historically unprecedented and did not set quarterly records.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Photo of Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman dining with Jeffrey Epstein.
AFP Fact Check rating: False (AI=Fake) Image of Epstein with Mark Zuckerberg, LinkedIn co-founder is AI-generated |
| FALSE | (International: Iran): A video shows Iran launching missiles from beneath the sea.
Full Fact rating: False (This video was posted by the Russian Ministry of Defense in 2018 and shows a Russian submarine testing intercontinental ballistic missiles.) |
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