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 Donald Trump (R): “They gave a man seven years in jail” because “he fixed his own car.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (Trump appeared to refer to Troy Lake, who served seven months of a one-year sentence after pleading guilty to violating the Clean Air Act by disabling emissions monitoring systems on hundreds of heavy-duty commercial trucks, not for simply fixing his own car.) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: The U.S. Justice Department publicly released an FBI intake form in which a tipster alleged President Donald Trump “knew and funded underage sex parties” at one of his golf courses.
Snopes rating: True (The Justice Department truly released an FBI intake form documenting a tip from June 21, 2021. The department published the form with redactions along with other case files pertaining to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Officials have not announced information substantiating or debunking the claims.) Unverified FBI tip alleged Trump knew of and funded ‘underage sex parties’ at golf course |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Elizabeth Warren (D): “If you live near one of these large data centers, your electricity bills over the last five years have gone up by as much as 267%.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (The 267% figure referred to wholesale electricity prices near some data centers, not residential electricity bills; data centers have contributed to rising costs, but consumer bills have not risen by that amount.) |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): Immigration has fallen by 82% under the current Labour government.
Full Fact rating: Incorrect (The 82% figure represents the estimated decrease in net migration, not immigration, from its peak in March 2023, not since Labour took office. Figures for the year to December 2025 show a 37% fall in immigration since Labour took office.) ‘Immigration’ has not fallen by 82% under Labour – Full Fact |
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