MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 07/25/2026 (Weekend Edition)

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

MISLEADING	Claim by Donald Trump (R): Venezuelan voting-machine manipulation shows U.S. elections “can never, ever be hacked or compromised like it was in the past.” FactCheck.org rating: Misleading (The CIA report said Venezuela’s alleged capabilities depended on control over its own election process and did not show that U.S. voting systems had been compromised in the past.) Trump’s Distorted Venezuela Elections Claim Donald Trump Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: A 2016 interview clip shows Barack Obama encouraging people in the U.S. illegally to vote. AP rating: False (The clip was shortened misleadingly; in the full video, Obama says people who can legally vote, including Latino citizens, should cast ballots, and he explicitly says, “when you vote, you are a citizen yourself.”) FACT FOCUS: Posts falsely claim Obama urged noncitizens to vote in 2016
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Democrats voted against a bill which only contained a ban on Congress members and their spouses trading individual stocks. Lead Stories rating: False (Also Voter ID) Fact Check: Democrats Voted Against Stock Trading Ban Bill — But It Also Included a Voter ID Provision
FALSE	(International: United Kingdom): A Covid-19 patient filmed by BBC News is actually a crisis actor. Full Fact rating: False (The man in question was genuinely hospitalised with Covid-19, and later added the phrase “crisis actor” to his Instagram profile as a joke. False claims about Covid-19 ‘crisis actor’ recirculate on Facebook – Full Fact

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