MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 03/07/2026 (Weekend Edition)

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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 by former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem: “Under President Biden, more than 450,000 unaccompanied alien children went missing… Under President Trump, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services have already located over 145,000 of these children.” PolitiFact rating: False (A Homeland Security report cited by officials did not say hundreds of thousands of migrant children were “missing” or “lost.” Instead, it found immigration authorities could not track all minors after release to sponsors and that some had not received immigration paperwork or missed court hearings. Experts say those findings do not mean the children were missing. Officials have also not clearly explained what they mean by saying the administration “found” 145,000 children.) Has the US government found 145,000 ‘lost’ migrant children? Fact-checking Kristi Noem
MISLEADING	Claim by former President Joe Biden (D): His administration created “2.2 million additional jobs” in his final year compared with “185,000 jobs” in the first year of Donald Trump’s second term. FactCheck.org rating: Misleading (Revised Bureau of Labor Statistics data show employment increased by about 1.2 million from January 2024 to January 2025, not 2.2 million as Biden claimed. Meanwhile, employment rose by about 359,000 during Trump’s first full year back in office, from January 2025 to January 2026.) Biden Makes Flawed Comparisons with Trump Joe Biden Rating
MISLEADING	Claim via Social Media and Amplified by Elon Musk: James Talarico said the US border should have “a giant welcome mat” AFP Fact Check rating: Misleading (Here is the full context: “There should be a giant welcome mat out front and a lock on the door.” Deceptively edited Talarico clip spreads after Texas Democratic primary win
FALSE	(International: Iran): An image shared on social media authentically showed Iranians mourning the death of schoolgirls from U.S. and Israeli airstrikes. Snopes rating: Fake (While it is true that a school was hit, this image is fake.) Image of Iranians mourning schoolgirls killed by airstrikes is fake. Here’s the proof

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