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
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): “You know why I’m profiting? Because the stock market’s going up. … I’m profiting because I have a lot of money and a lot of cash.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (President Donald Trump’s 2025 financial disclosure form reported $1.4 billion in gains from cryptocurrencies, and another $400 million from non-stock sources such as real estate, legal settlements, overseas licensing agreements and branded merchandise. Credible estimates show that two-thirds to 80% of his total 2025 income gains came from non-stock sources.) Trump says stock market drove his 2025 income gains, but the majority came from crypto |
| MISLEADING | Claim by Chip Roy (R): “65%” of Haitian Temporary Protected Status recipients are “on welfare.”
The Dispatch rating: Misleading (The figure comes from data on all Haitian noncitizen-headed households, not specifically TPS recipients; TPS recipients are generally ineligible for most federal means-tested benefits, though eligible children or other household members may receive assistance.) |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Mitch McConnell’s wife Elaine Chao went to China after he was hospitalized with a cardiac arrest.
Lead Stories rating: False (She was already there – Chao, a former U.S. transportation secretary, was already in China when her husband was taken to the hospital on June 14, 2026. She met with university officials in Shanghai on June 12, 2026.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Majority Forward ad: Susan Collins “doesn’t think” insider trading “should be illegal.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (Collins helped pass the 2012 STOCK Act, which clarified that members of Congress and congressional staff are subject to insider-trading laws, though she opposes a complete ban on lawmakers trading individual stocks.) Democratic Group Makes False Claim in Insider-Trading Ad Attacking Susan Collins |
| FALSE | (International: France): Immigrants set fire to the Saint-Michel Basilica in Bordeaux, France, in July 2026.
Lead Stories rating: False (No immigrants. The fire occurred near the church and caused no damage to it.) |
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