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
| MISLEADING | Claim by President Donald Trump (R): “We have slashed our monthly trade deficit by an astonishing 77%.”
AP Fact Check rating: Misleading (The claim compares a temporary January 2025 spike to a later low point. From January through November 2025, the cumulative trade deficit was nearly $840 billion — up 4% from the same period in 2024.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sent an email stating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was “much prettier in person.”
Snopes rating: False (Epstein did not say this.) Email saying Hillary Clinton was ‘much prettier in person’ is real. Epstein didn’t send it |
| FALSE | Claim by former President Joe Biden (D): “The economy grew with record growth” during his presidency.
FactCheck.org rating: False (Economic growth during Biden’s presidency was strong at times but did not set records. The highest quarterly GDP growth under Biden was 7% in 2021, far below historical records such as 34.9% quarterly growth in 2020 and 18.9% annual growth in 1942.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: U.S. President Donald Trump has fasted every Friday since 2020, abstaining from eating food with no exceptions.
Snopes rating: False (Fake. Trump does not fast.) Has Trump fasted every Friday since 2020? Don’t bite on rumor |
| FALSE | (International: Israel): Video shows house fire which killed Iddo Netanyahu, brother of Israeli PM.
Lead Stories rating: False (Fire in New Jersey) |
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