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 Ron DeSantis (R): His property tax plan would eliminate property taxes for 60% of Florida homeowners at a $250,000 exemption threshold.
PolitiFact rating: False (DeSantis did not provide support for the figure, and public state data shows only about 28% of Florida homestead properties have a market value of $250,000 or less, though existing exemptions and tax limits complicate the calculation.) Fact-checking DeSantis: Would his plan exempt 60% of Florida homeowners from paying property taxes? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: U.S. President Donald Trump asked for a $573 billion railway bailout from the Canadian government, to which Canadian officials replied, “You don’t get to break it and then ask us to fix it.”
Snopes.com rating: False (Didn’t happen) Did Canada deny $573B railroad bailout request from Trump? Don’t go off the rails |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Trump could not attend wedding in Bahamas because they wouldn’t let him in due to their immigration law.
Lead Stories rating: False (Trump is allowed in the Bahamas. He chose not to attend.) Fact Check: No Evidence Bahamas Barred Trump From Attending Son’s Wedding Under Immigration Laws |
| MISLEADING | Claim by Donald Trump (R): The Reflecting Pool contract went to “a contractor I did not know, and have never used before.”
PolitiFact rating: Misleading (Trump previously said he contacted contractors who had worked for him before and referenced a contractor who had built a pool at one of his clubs, though the White House later said he had no personal relationship with the selected contractor.) Fact-checking Trump on Reflecting Pool renovation timeline, cost, contractor relationship |
| FALSE | (International: Iraq): A clip showing a supposedly injured man hopping on the wrong leg is “Palestinian propaganda”.
Full Fact rating: False (That’s not what this video shows. The clip is from a comedy skit filmed in Iraq, and is unrelated to conflict in the Middle East.) Video of ‘Pallywood’ actor is actually from an Iraqi comedy skit – Full Fact |
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