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
| NO EVIDENCE |
Claim by Haley Stevens (D): “Small business revenues are down 40%” in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and “down 20%” statewide because of the U.S. trade war with Canada.
PolitiFact rating: No Evidence (Stevens’ campaign cited data showing reduced Canadian tourism and tariff-related business concerns, but none supported the specific 40% and 20% revenue-loss figures.) Fact-checking El-Sayed, McMorrow and Stevens in Michigan Senate debate |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: James Talarico “spent three full years in school pretending to be a girl named ‘Jeannine.’”
Lead Stories rating: False (The claim originated from a self-described satire page, included a disclaimer that nothing on the page is real, and no credible reporting or government records corroborated the rumor.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: In 1996, then-U.S. Rep. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said, “The No. 1 reason people come to the U.S. illegally is to defraud systems like Social Security and I want to stop it.”
Snopes.com rating: False (Schumer never said this.) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: The White House made a post on X commemorating the ten year anniversary of the death of Harambe the gorilla.
Lead Stories rating: True (They did) |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): Dorset Police have announced that 44% of alleged sex offences in Dorset are carried out by asylum seekers living in asylum hotels.
Full Fact rating: False (This statistic was not reported by Dorset Police, who told us the percentage of sexual offences reported within Bournemouth where the offender was reported to be from asylum accommodation hotels between 1 January 2025 to 31 March 2026, was approximately 1%.) Dorset police didn’t say 44% of sex offences are carried out by asylum seekers – Full Fact |
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