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
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Is a photo of President Donald Trump with one eye closed and the other half open with the U.S. Marine Corps flag behind him was new as of April 24, 2026.
Lead Stories rating: False (Photo is from his first term.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: “Leaked DOJ wiretap audio” from Jeffrey Epstein’s case features Erika Kirk scheduling underage girls for sexualized massages.
Snopes rating: False (The audio recording is real, but the voice is not Erika Kirk’s. A 2005 Palm Beach Police affidavit identifies the speaker as Haley Robson, an Epstein associate. The recording was part of a controlled police investigation with a victim and was not a DOJ wiretap. Social media users misidentified the voice, and the original poster later issued a correction.) Did Erika Kirk work for Epstein? The truth behind claim her voice is in ‘DOJ wiretap audio’ |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Singer and actor Cher once said of U.S. President Donald Trump: “He’s an a**hole. He’s so dangerous, and what he brings to my country, what he’s awakened in my country is bigotry and distrust and a certain kind of supremacy in certain groups.”
Snopes rating: True (Correct Attribution) Did Cher curse Trump in 2016, saying he awakened ‘bigotry and distrust’ in America? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by zenodo.org: Proper medical study from Nicolas Hulscher et al. shows Ivermectin + Mebendazole improves cancer outcome in 84.4% of cases
Lead Stories rating: False (Research experts told Lead Stories that the paper relies on an uncontrolled, self-reported survey with major bias, no independent verification of diagnoses or outcomes, and significant conflicts of interest. These flaws mean it cannot demonstrate that ivermectin or mebendazole improves cancer outcomes.) |
| FALSE | (International: Kenya): Claim by President William Ruto: “(Kenya) has 6,000 kilometers of tarmac under construction.”
Africa Check rating: Incorrect The price of a ‘middle-income’ economy? Fact-checking Kenyan president on fuel price pain |
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