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 Donald Trump (R): Unauthorized chemicals were placed in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
The Dispatch rating: No Evidence (The Department of the Interior said hydrogen peroxide was being used to fight algae, but no public evidence shows unauthorized chemicals were put in the pool.) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Starting July 1, 2026, Idaho will use the firing squad as its primary method of execution.
Snopes rating: True (Idaho House Bill 37, which Gov. Brad Little signed into law in March 2025, made the firing squad the state’s primary method of execution beginning July 1, 2026. The state would still allow lethal injection to be used if it was not possible to use the firing squad.) Idaho will use firing squad as main execution method beginning July 2026 |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: A pedophile anti-discrimination bill will define pedophiles as part of the LGBTQI community.
AAP rating: False (The bill updates a definition of sexual orientation and does define pedophiles as part of the LGBTQI community or protect them from discrimination.) No, new law does not define pedophiles as part of LGBTQI community |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Antifa operatives arrested for using algae as chemical weapon at the reflecting pool.
AFP Fact Check rating: False (Satire: There are some people who actually believe this.) Claims “Antifa” dumped algae in Reflecting Pool originated as satire |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): Videos show migrants in small boats attempting to cross the English Channel or arriving in the UK.
Full Fact rating: False (The videos aren’t real and were created with AI.) More AI videos of small boat crossings circulate on Facebook – Full Fact |
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