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): Raising the property tax exemption threshold to $500,000 would make 92% of Florida homes tax-free.
PolitiFact rating: False (Public state data shows about 76% of Florida homestead properties are valued at $500,000 or less, and researchers said there is likely no public data confirming DeSantis’ 92% estimate.) Fact-checking DeSantis: Would his plan exempt 60% of Florida homeowners from paying property taxes? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Bill Clinton said Palestinians “never really wanted a homeland for themselves” and “just wanted to kill the Jews.”
Snopes rating: False (The quote was altered from Clinton’s October 2024 remarks; he referred to Hamas, not Palestinians broadly, and said Hamas wanted to kill Israelis, not “the Jews.”) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Kid Rock said he will not put out any more music if Democrats win the House during the midterms.
Lead Stories rating: False (No evidence. Sadly, the threat is not real.) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: The office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican candidate for Senate in 2026, brokered a plea deal for a man accused of child sex abuse that allowed him to serve only 30 days in jail and not have to register as a sex offender.
Snopes.com rating: True (Adam Hoffman’s original trial in 2025 ended with a hung jury. Paxton’s office offered a plea deal rather than re-try the case, saying the accuser “preferred to move on with his life.” The deal reduced Hoffman’s charges to indecent assault and display of harmful materials to a minor, accompanied by an admission of intent to abuse the victim without specifying an age.) Texas AG Ken Paxton’s office let man accused of child sex abuse receive short jail term |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): The Australian federal government spends $1 trillion each year, including $90 billion on debt interest.
AAP rating: False (The government spent $799 billion in 2024/25, including $37 billion on debt interest.) |
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