MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 09/01/2026

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 John James: The SPLC funneled millions to the KKK. Snopes rating: False (The DOJ indictments allege some payments to individuals connected to or formerly connected to the KKK, but they do not claim millions were funneled specifically to the KKK.) Claim Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is linked to KKK lacks key context
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Byron Donalds (R): “Rampant illegal immigration” during the Biden administration is the cause of “a measles outbreak in certain parts of the country.” PolitiFact rating: False (Experts said declining MMR vaccination rates in the U.S. are the primary driver of measles outbreaks, and PolitiFact found no data linking immigrants in the country illegally to the outbreaks.) No evidence linking illegal immigration to measles outbreak, despite Byron Donalds’ comment
FALSE	Claim by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine contains tissue from aborted fetuses. Snopes rating: False (The rubella component is grown using a decades-old fetal cell line, but the vaccine is purified and does not contain fetal tissue or fetal cells.) RFK Jr. repeats false claim that MMR vaccine contains fetal tissue
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: A Muslim cashier demanded a 17-year-old Christian boy remove his cross necklace inside a Scheels sporting goods store in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Snopes rating: False (Snopes found no credible reports that the incident happened, and the St. Cloud Scheels general manager previously told the St. Cloud Times the story was “not true.”) Did Muslim cashier demand Christian boy remove cross necklace? Here’s the truth
FALSE	(International: India): Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson criticised PM Modi’s foreign policy while praising former PM Nehru. The Quint rating: False No, Boris Johnson Didn’t Criticise PM Modi’s Foreign Policy While Praising Nehru

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