Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only use fact-checkers who are either signatories to 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
| NO EVIDENCE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): After 9/11, he went to Ground Zero “the following day” and “worked long and hard.”
PolitiFact rating: No Evidence (The earliest confirmed video or photo places Trump near Ground Zero on Sept. 13, 2001, and PolitiFact could not verify that he directly aided in cleanup or repeatedly visited the site afterward.) Ground Zero construction crews, firefighter hoist: Fact-checking Trump’s 9/11 response stories |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Donald Trump posted an animated video of himself attacking Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney with a hockey stick.
Lead Stories rating: False (Trump posted a static cartoon image on Truth Social, not an animated video, and Lead Stories found no record of such a video on Trump’s Truth Social account or archive.) |
| NO EVIDENCE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): Two firefighters carried him away from Ground Zero because One Liberty Plaza was feared to be collapsing.
PolitiFact rating: No Evidence (There are supporting accounts that fears about One Liberty Plaza prompted evacuations, but PolitiFact found no evidence specifically verifying that Trump was there or that firefighters carried him from the site.) Ground Zero construction crews, firefighter hoist: Fact-checking Trump’s 9/11 response stories |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: A real photo of Robert DeNiro with a “Trump Is My President” shirt was posted on Trump’s Truth Social.
Lead Stories rating: False (It is AI) |
| FALSE | (International: Philippines): Alan Peter Cayetano said Sara Duterte should personally appear in the impeachment trial.
VERA Files rating: Fake FACT CHECK: Cayetano did NOT say VP Sara should personally appear before impeachment court |
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