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): Inflation dropped because “we’re doing it right” and “running the country properly.”
FactCheck.org rating: Misleading (The June decline was driven primarily by falling energy prices after a temporary U.S.-Iran ceasefire, not broad-based or clearly durable inflation improvement.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Dr. Anthony Fauci co-authored a paper that found masks caused most deaths during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.
Snopes.com rating: False (No, he did not.) Debunking claim Fauci co-authored paper saying masks caused most Spanish flu deaths |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: U.S. President Donald Trump said, “You know, grass is like human beings. Grass has a life also.”
Snopes.com rating: True (Correct Attribution) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: RSV is “the biggest killer of kids in this country today.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (CDC mortality data show the leading causes of death among U.S. children are accidents, congenital disorders, cancer and suicide, not RSV.) |
| FALSE | (International: Australia ): Australians have to complete 21 pages of questions about household members who are away on census night.
AAP rating: False (Only one page asks detailed questions about people who usually reside at a property but aren’t there on census night.) |
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