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
| MISLEADING | Claim by Marco Rubio (R): “Every strike” on alleged drug boats has a legal officer determining whether the call is legal.
PolitiFact rating: Misleading (Rubio described an internal legal review process, but international law experts have questioned whether the U.S. can legally use military force against foreign vessels on the high seas absent an armed attack or imminent armed attack.) Fact-checking Marco Rubio at Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: A man who claimed in a video that he had a stack of unclaimed ballots mailed to voters who had moved can use them to vote for Spencer Pratt for mayor of Los Angeles.
Lead Stories rating: False (The ballots appeared to be for a precinct in West Hollywood, which is a separate city from Los Angeles with its own mayor. Pratt’s name would not be on those ballots.) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has launched an online AI data center tracking project in order to document its environmental impact on local communities.
Snopes rating: True (The database has been receiving thousands of reports since it went live.) |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Ken Paxton ad: Democratic Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico said the southern border should have “a giant welcome mat out front.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (Talarico did say the border should have “a giant welcome mat out front,” but the ad omitted that he immediately added there should also be “a lock on the door” and that the U.S. can keep out people who mean harm.) Did James Talarico say US border should have ‘a giant welcome mat’? Ken Paxton ad omits full remarks |
| FALSE | (International: Philippines): Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to resign immediately over the flood control corruption controversy.
Rappler rating: False |
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