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 by Republican lawmakers: “Mifepristone sends 1 in 10 women who use it to the emergency room with life-threatening conditions.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (The claim relies on a 2025 anti-abortion group report criticized for methodological flaws and lack of transparency, while peer-reviewed studies and FDA data show serious adverse events from mifepristone occur at far lower rates, generally below 0.5%.) Republicans Repeat Problematic Estimate of Medication Abortion Harms |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: John Fetterman switched to Republican party, saying “I’m never gonna be a communist who believes men should use the girls’ bathroom”
Lead Stories rating: False (Satire) |
| MOSTLY TRUE |
Claim via Social Media: In 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency put birth control and abortion pills on a water contamination “watch list.”
Snopes rating: Mostly True (The EPA did include birth control and abortion-related drugs on a pharmaceutical benchmark list for water safety guidance, but describing the list as a government “watch list” exaggerates its purpose since it is neither regulatory nor a drug surveillance program. ) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Matthew McConaughey said If Kamala Harris had become president, “Trump would be in prison”.
Lead Stories rating: False (he did not say that.) |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): In a video, the Mayor of Rotherham says in Arabic that Britain can only be great again by implementing Sharia law, and demands the expulsion of all non-Muslims, including British citizens.
Full Fact rating: False (Councilor Rukhsana Ismail does not make these comments in the footage being shared. She is actually saying a blessing in Arabic, as part of a longer video message—in which she also speaks in English—about the month of Ramadan.) |
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