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
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Architect Leonhard Gall submitted plans to Hitler to build a ballroom next to the Chancellery and it had an air raid shelter and a bunker underneath it.
Lead Stories rating: True (Gall did submit plans for a large reception hall that could be used as a ballroom, and an air-raid shelter called the Vorbunker was built beneath it. The deeper Führerbunker was a separate structure, constructed later underground nearby and connected to the earlier shelter. It was completed in 1943.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Since President Trump came into office, obesity rates in this country have dropped by 2.5%.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (The apparent decline began in 2022, during the Biden administration, and Gallup’s data do not show a 2.5-point drop since Trump took office.) |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim via Social Media: Texas made marijuana possession a felony after more than 70% of voters voted to legalize it.
Snopes.com rating: Mostly False (Texas did reinstate rules that treat certain THC products as controlled substances. Texas did not make all marijuana possession a felony; possession of 2 ounces or less of marijuana remains a Class B misdemeanor, for example. In addition, the vote was a Democratic primary proposition, not a statewide legalization referendum open to all voters.) Did Texas make marijuana possession a felony after 70% of voters supported legalization? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): Crime is down 71% in Memphis, 75% in New Orleans and 81% in Washington, D.C., because of National Guard deployments.
FactCheck.org rating: False (Police data do not support those figures, and experts said crime was already falling before the deployments and the Guard was not the primary driver.) |
| FALSE | (International: India): Video showing Chinese troops crossing the border into India.
AFP Fact Check rating: False Video shows vehicle carrying paramilitary forces in northeast India, not Chinese soldiers |
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