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: Lufthansa offers complimentary Business Class upgrades to people booking from Israel as an apology for the Holocaust.
Lead Stories rating: False (No Such Offer) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Days before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump invested in a company that makes autonomous drones driven by artificial intelligence.
Snopes.com rating: True (XTEND, an Israeli company that makes AI-operated autonomous drones, and JFB Construction Holdings, a U.S. construction company, announced on Feb. 17, 2026, that they were merging. An official statement on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website listed Eric Trump as one of the investors in the merger. Another was Unusual Machines, a drone maker that counts another of Trump’s sons, Donald Trump Jr., on its advisory board. Once the merger is complete, the joint company, which is expected to be named XTEND AI Robotics, will trade publicly as part of Nasdaq.) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: U.S. President Donald Trump cast a mail-in ballot in March 2026 for Florida’s House District 87 special election.
Snopes rating: True (He said: You know why? Because I’m president of the United States. And because of the fact that I’m president of the United States, I did a mail-in ballot for elections that took place in Florida.) Did Trump vote by mail in Florida election after years of unfounded fraud claims? |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer posted a statement on X saying that American forces must withdraw from UK airbases within 48 hours and pay historic rent if the United States ends its commitment to NATO.
Full Fact rating: False (The image of the post is fabricated and originally came from a satirical social media account. No such statement has been published on Keir Starmer’s genuine X account or made publicly by him.) Fake Keir Starmer post about US leaving NATO circulates online – Full Fact |
Disclaimer: We are providing links to fact-checks by third-party fact-checkers. If you do not agree with a fact check, please directly contact the source of that fact check.
Do you appreciate our work? Please consider one of the following ways to sustain us.
or
Follow Media Bias Fact Check:
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/mediabiasfactcheck.bsky.social
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Media_Bias_Fact_Check/
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@mediabiasfactcheck
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MBFC_News
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mediabiasfactcheck
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@mediabiasfactcheck
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediabiasfactcheck/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/mbfcnews/
