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 via Social Media: U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell voted against or blocked measures mandating employees receive sick leave in 1993, 2015, 2020 and 2022.
Snopes rating: Mostly True (McConnell voted against sick leave-related measures in those years, though the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act provided unpaid leave, and in 2020 he voted for a temporary COVID-19 paid sick leave bill while opposing a stronger amendment and reportedly blocking an extension.) Did Mitch McConnell vote against sick leave 4 times? We checked his record |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: There is a real photo of Trump, Melania, Karoline Leavitt, Usha Vance, and Katie Miller with the last three holding babies.
Lead Stories rating: False (Digital Babies) |
| MISLEADING | Claim via Social Media: WEF clip shows proposal to ‘monetize’ air or charge people for breathing.
Annie Lab rating: Misleading (The speaker is Lindsay Hooper, a guest panelist at the meeting, but not a WEF executive. Her remarks on natural capital accounting were distorted in the viral post with a made-up quote.) Misleading: Viral WEF clip does not show proposal to ‘monetize’ air or breathing |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: In 2026, hikers discovered Dead Sea Scrolls-like artifacts in a cliffside in Tennessee.
Snopes rating: False (Labeled Satire) Hikers didn’t discover Dead Sea Scrolls-esque artifacts in Tennessee |
| FALSE | (International: Canada): The United States sent 2,000 firefighters to Canada in 2026.
AFP Fact Check rating: False Misinformation spreads about US aid to Canadian firefighting |
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