MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 07/31/2026

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 Donald Trump (R): Canada has “refused to engage in basic Forest Management.” FactCheck.org rating: False (Canada uses forest management practices such as fuel treatments, prescribed burns and cultural burning, though these are concentrated near populated areas rather than across the vast remote boreal forest.) Major Driver of Worsening Canadian Wildfires Is Climate Change, Not Forest Mismanagement Donald Trump Rating
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: An image authentically shows an X post from “Stacy is Right” (@PoliticalStacy) approving of U.S. President Donald Trump hypothetically raping the user and touching the user’s children. Snopes.com rating: Fake Alleged ‘Stacy is Right’ X post about Trump, Epstein list is fake
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: Trump posted an image of himself with JFK, Gandhi and Jesus Christ Lead Stories rating: False (Trump did not post it. It is satire.) Fact Check: Trump DID NOT Post Image Of Himself With JFK, Gandhi And Jesus Christ — It Came From A Satire Account
MISLEADING	Claim by Angela Alsobrooks: “The CDC tracked Cyclospora for 28 years. RFK Jr. made that surveillance optional. Now thousands of Americans are sick and we don’t know where the outbreak began.” FactCheck.org rating: Misleading (FoodNet had tracked cyclospora trends for decades, but experts said its change likely had little direct impact on identifying the current outbreak, which investigators linked largely to iceberg lettuce from Mexico served at Taco Bell locations.) Democrats Overstate Role of Monitoring Program Change in Parasitic Outbreak
FALSE	(International: Indonesia): Food and vaccines are being used to alter people’s sexual orientation AFP Fact Check rating: False ‘Scientifically impossible’: False health claims fuel LGBTQ hate in Indonesia

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