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 Brooke Rollins (R): Biden administration immigration policies were the main reason screwworm returned to the U.S.
FactCheck.org rating: False (Experts said immigration policy was not the principal explanation; the outbreak likely involved long-term preparedness failures, sterile fly production issues, illegal cattle movement, and other factors across multiple administrations.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Abdul El-Sayed (D): Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers “took a $14 million payout as a pharma lobbyist.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (Rogers was never a registered lobbyist, records show no post-Congress work for pharmaceutical companies, and there is no evidence he received a $14 million pharmaceutical lobbying payout.) Senate candidate Mike Rogers didn’t make millions as pharma lobbyist, despite Abdul El-Sayed’s claim |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: U.S. Air Force Major Jason Watson was arrested after calling for President Donald Trump’s impeachment and removal while on the steps of the Capitol on July 1, 2026.
Snopes rating: True US Air Force Maj. Jason Watson arrested after calling for Trump’s impeachment on Capitol steps |
| FALSE | (International: Germany): OK! Magazine published a report that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz booked an $8,000 OnlyFans private session with a transgender model during the G7 summit.
Lead Stories rating: False (Ok did not) |
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