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): Hundreds of his construction workers helped with the 9/11 recovery effort.
PolitiFact rating: No Evidence (Trump said at the time he had workers helping, but PolitiFact found no records or corroborating evidence that he brought 100 or more workers to Ground Zero.) Ground Zero construction crews, firefighter hoist: Fact-checking Trump’s 9/11 response stories |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Donald Trump defended Natalie Harp after she posted nuclear codes on Instagram
Lead Stories rating: False (Satire Origins) |
| MISLEADING | Claim by Sherrod Brown’s campaign: Jon Husted was tied to Ohio’s FirstEnergy bribery scandal, including claims that FirstEnergy helped his campaign and that he was the company’s “golden boy.”
FactCheck.org rating: Misleading (FirstEnergy money did benefit Husted-linked campaigns, and Husted supported the bailout law, but Husted has not been charged with or accused of wrongdoing in the bribery scandal.) Ohio Democratic Ads Connect Husted to Bribery Scandal, Despite No Charges of Wrongdoing |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): He will issue every adult U.S. citizen a $5,000 dividend from tariff revenue if Republicans win the midterms.
PolitiFact rating: False (There is no formal proposal, Congress would need to approve any payout, and experts said tariff revenue is far below what would be needed.) Fact-check: Trump misleads on midterm candidates Talarico and El-Sayed, affordability at RNC |
| FALSE | (International: Philippines): Turkish police will guard the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and arrest violators of election laws.
Rappler rating: False FACT CHECK: No Turkish police deployed to secure BARMM polls |
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