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: A man holding up a card during the event was signaling the shooting.
PolitiFact rating: False (The individual was a scheduled performer, Oz Pearlman, conducting a mentalist act unrelated to the shooting.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: There is a real video of Trump falling asleep and hitting his head on the Resolute desk during a press event.
Lead Stories rating: False (Altered Video) |
| MISLEADING | Claim via Social Media: Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the attack on the 2026 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, is a registered Democrat who donated to former Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential campaign.
Snopes rating: Misleading (Allen donated $25 to Harris’ 2024 presidential campaign via ActBlue, a fundraising committee for the Democratic Party. However, Allen’s voting records in Los Angeles County indicated no party preference.) Is White House correspondents’ dinner shooting suspect registered Democrat who donated to Harris? |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: In late April 2026, U.S. President Trump fired all members of the National Science Board, which oversees the National Science Foundation and advises Congress and the president on scientific matters.
Snopes rating: True (A White House official confirmed that Trump had dismissed the entire board, citing “constitutional questions.” Three board members also said they received emails informing them of their terminations effective April 24, 2026.) |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): The Daily Mail published an article headlined “Members think Keir Starmer shouldn’t resign”.
Full Fact rating: False (The Daily Mail published no such article, although it contains details of a real survey of Labour members.) Fake ‘Daily Mail’ report on Labour members’ views of Keir Starmer shared 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
