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 via Social Media: Melania Trump worked as an escort before meeting Donald Trump and had connections to Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell.
Snopes rating: No Evidence (The claim has circulated since 2016, but Snopes found no credible evidence supporting it; Melania Trump has repeatedly denied it, and earlier Daily Mail and blogger claims were retracted after defamation lawsuits.) Unfounded claim Melania Trump was an escort before meeting her husband recirculates online |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: UFC confirms Erika Kirk wll host the White House fight night on June 14.
Lead Stories rating: False (It’s Satire) Fact Check: FAKE Post Says UFC Confirms Erika Kirk Will Host White House Fight Night On June 14 |
| TRUE | Claim by Marco Rubio (R): Trump’s second administration has approved more Taiwan arms sales than the Biden administration did in four years.
PolitiFact rating: True (Forum on the Arms Trade data shows $11.4 billion in Taiwan arms sales so far during Trump’s second term, compared with $8.4 billion during Biden’s four years.) Fact-checking Marco Rubio at Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| MOSTLY TRUE |
Claim via Social Media: Trump is spending $5 million in taxpayer money to cover horse statues in Washington, D.C., in gold.
Snopes rating: Mostly True (The Trump administration awarded a $4.995 million government-funded contract for conservation and regilding of four equestrian bronze sculptures, including applying 23.75-karat gold leaf. It is unclear how much of the contract specifically pays for the gold leaf versus cleaning, repairs, and conservation work.) Is Trump spending millions in taxpayer funds to cover horse statues in gold? |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): Labor MP Julian Hill has been criticized by an ‘Anti-Corruption Institute’ professor over a multi-million dollar property portfolio.
AAP rating: False (The professor cited in the post is fake and there is no record of the quote attributed to the supposed institute.) |
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