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: Images posted online in February 2026 showed a legitimate post from Fox News host Jesse Watters calling for victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring to “have a good laugh about it” because “the past is the past.”
Snopes rating: Fake Jesse Watters didn’t share post suggesting Epstein victims ‘have a good laugh,’ despite claims |
| FALSE | Claim by President Donald Trump (R): The 2009 EPA “endangerment finding” “had no basis in fact” and “no basis in law.”
AP Fact Check rating: False (The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that greenhouse gases are pollutants under the Clean Air Act, directing EPA to determine whether they endanger public health; multiple federal courts have upheld the 2009 finding, and it was supported by scientific evidence.) A look at false claims made by the Trump administration as it revokes a key scientific finding |
| TRUE | Claim via Social media: The White House posted an image of a candy heart on Valentine’s Day in 2026 with the words “DADDY’S HOME.”
Snopes rating: True (Indeed they did) Did White House post ‘Daddy’s Home’ Valentine’s Day message? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim amplified by Elon Musk and President Donald Trump: “PA’s Secretary of State wiped the 2.5 million ballot number after it was questioned.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (The article cites publicly available state records contradicting the ballot discrepancy claim and does not substantiate any data being “wiped.”) Trump and Musk Amplify Long-Ago Debunked Mail-In Vote Fraud Claim |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): 75% of England’s mayors are Muslim.
Full Fact rating: False (Three of the country’s 27 current directly elected mayors are Muslim. There is no official list of all the country’s civic mayors, but we’ve seen no evidence to suggest as many as 75% are Muslim.) |
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