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): President Joe Biden “raised the cost of housing by 40 and 50% — the cost of rental — because they were housing illegal aliens in all of those empty units.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (A Federal Reserve working paper attributed 4.3 percentage points of a 22.6% rental price increase from 2021 to 2024 to unauthorized immigration, far below Trump’s figure, and PolitiFact found no evidence that the Biden administration housed immigrants in vacant rental units.) Trump exaggerates about how much illegal immigration raised rental housing prices |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill to remove math, reading and writing requirements for graduation to help students of color.
Snopes rating: False (Originated as Satire) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Matthew Reilly, a Republican Party chairman, resigned after police found him passed out in his car with a crack pipe in his hand.
Snopes rating: True (Matthew Reilly was the chairman of a local Republican Party, the Cranston, Rhode Island, Republican Party, when he was arrested for drug possession. He resigned within days of his arrest in May 2023.) |
| FALSE | (International: Philippines): A video shows a massive crowd of protesters clashing with police at Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila.
Rappler rating: False FACT CHECK: No clash between protesters, police in Liwasang Bonifacio rally |
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