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 TRUE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): Inflation is dropping at the “fastest rate in more than six years.”
FactCheck.org rating: Mostly True (The Consumer Price Index fell 0.4% from May to June 2026, the largest one-month decline since April 2020, but the drop followed several months of inflation increases driven largely by volatile energy prices.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Trump said of Biden “He destroyed our country. Now cancer is destroying him. I don’t feel bad for him” in August 2026.
Lead Stories rating: False (Trump says awful things, but not this one.) |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: He has “never questioned the efficacy of the MMR vaccine.”
FactCheck.org rating: Mostly False (Kennedy has often acknowledged the vaccine’s effectiveness, but he has also previously suggested its benefits were exaggerated, that it was largely unnecessary, or that its effectiveness wanes rapidly.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the COVID-19 vaccines caused the largest carcinogenic exposure in history.
Snopes rating: False (The CDC did not say this, and it is not true.) CDC didn’t say COVID-19 vaccines are ‘largest carcinogenic exposure in history’ |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): “Christian” has been removed as a category of religious affiliation that respondents can select on the 2026 census form.
AAP rating: False (“Christian” has never been a tick-box option on the form.) |
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