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: Two ICE agents “destroyed” their careers after arresting a Black federal judge, Nadine Ashford, in her driveway in Alexandria, Virginia, without a warrant.
Snopes rating: False (No record exists of a federal judge named Nadine Ashford, no credible outlet reported such an arrest or trial, the viral video showed clear signs of AI generation, and Snopes found no evidence supporting any version of the claim.) Inspecting fictional claim ICE agents arrested Black federal judge Nadine Ashford |
| FALSE | Claim amplified by Elon Musk and President Donald Trump: “Those votes were counted with no observers and were all for Biden.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (Recycled debunked fraud claims.) Trump and Musk Amplify Long-Ago Debunked Mail-In Vote Fraud Claim |
| TRUE | Claim via Social media: Obama deported more people at the start of his second term than Donald Trump did during his second term.
Gigafact rating: Yes (The Obama administration recorded 612,706 total deportations in 2013, the first year of his second term. During the first year of Trump’s second term in 2025, his administration deported about 540,000 people. While enforcement approaches differed. With Obama-era deportations more concentrated at the border and Trump-era deportations involving more interior arrests, the total number under Obama was higher.) Did Obama deport more people at the start of his second term than Trump did during his? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: A video from the White House shows a woman acting strangely at a news conference.
Lead Stories rating: False (Slowed video: The woman in the video is Susan Dell and the slowed-down video makes her movements look unusual.) Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show The “Strange Behavior Of A Woman” At The White House |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): Muslims prayed in front of a memorial for Bondi terrorist attack victims during a protest.
AAP rating: False (There are no memorial displays in the area where people were praying.) No, Muslims were not filmed praying in front of Bondi memorial |
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