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 Donald Trump (R): Gasoline prices will “drop like a rock” once the Iran war ends.
FactCheck.org rating: Misleading (Energy experts said gasoline prices may fall after the war ends, but returning to pre-war prices could take many months or longer, depending on market conditions.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Shanekka Renee Johnson, who said in a video that she was paid five dollars on “Skid Row” to vote for Karen Bass for Los Angeles mayor, actually voted for Bass.
Lead Stories rating: False (Information obtained from the Los Angeles County Registrar’s office confirmed that Shanekka Renee Johnson, age 39, could not cast a vote for Bass since she is registered in Inglewood, which has its own mayor.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: An image shows a blue haired person stuffing ballots into a California ballot box.
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (The image was AI-generated and contained a Gemini watermark; Google’s tool detected it as edited or generated with Google AI, and there is no evidence it shows a real California voter or fraud incident.) Image of a blue-haired person does not show ‘California voter’ committing fraud; it’s AI-generated |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: There is a “New York Clean Car Act” that was signed into law that will ban washing your car in New York State.
Lead Stories rating: False (There is no such act) Fact Check: ‘New York Clean Car Act’ Was NOT Signed Into Law Banning Car Washing In New York State |
| FALSE | (International: New Zealand): Claim by National Party New Zealand: A graph shows the number of public servants in New Zealand under different governments since 2010.
AAP rating: False (The figures in the graph are inaccurate.) |
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