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: A photo shared in February 2026 authentically shows an Israeli passport belonging to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Snopes rating: False (Originated as Satire) |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by President Donald Trump (R): Crime in Minneapolis “is down 25, 30% because we’ve removed thousands of criminals from the area.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (While burglaries and robberies declined year to date by roughly the percentages Trump cited, assaults and motor vehicle thefts increased. Crime had already been trending downward before the immigration operation, and the White House provided no evidence linking the decline to the more than 4,000 immigration arrests. Experts warned that comparing roughly five weeks of data year over year is statistically unreliable.) Trump credits immigration enforcement for Minneapolis crime drop. That’s wrong. |
| FALSE | Claim amplified by Elon Musk and President Donald Trump: “This accounts for Biden’s fraudulent and impossible 682,000+ vote spike.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (The underlying ballot numbers are incorrect. These are long-debunked election fraud allegations.) Trump and Musk Amplify Long-Ago Debunked Mail-In Vote Fraud Claim |
| FALSE | (International: India): White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Donald Trump will revoke the passport of any Olympic athlete who has criticized him.
DigitEye India rating: False (White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt did not make any such statement. The attributed quote is fabricated and has no basis in any form — interview or official record by Leavitt or the Trump Administration.) |
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