MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 09/16/2026

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

MOSTLY FALSE	Claim by WinSenate: “Troy Jackson expanded Medicaid health coverage in Maine. Susan Collins was the deciding vote for Trump’s Medicaid cuts.” PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (Jackson supported and advocated for Medicaid expansion, but voters and Gov. Janet Mills ultimately implemented it; Collins voted to advance Trump’s tax-and-spending bill but later voted against final passage because of Medicaid cuts.) Maine and Medicaid: Did Troy Jackson expand coverage and Susan Collins vote for cuts?
BLATANT LIE	Claim via Social Media: An image authentically shows a TV interview with a man who has a large Trump face tattoo saying he was rejected for a job because of his MAGA hat. Snopes rating: False (Originated as satire with AI trademarks) Did man with Trump face tattoo claim job rejected him over MAGA hat?
FALSE	Claim by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Democrats “lost 360,000 children” and turned the federal government into “the biggest child trafficking operation in world history.” FactCheck.org rating: False (Kennedy distorted a DHS inspector general report about unaccompanied minors who missed court hearings or had not received notices to appear; the report did not say the children were lost or trafficked.) FactChecking Day Two of the GOP Midterm Convention
BLATANT LIE	Claim by Tucker Carlson: “The 9/11 Commission Report was a cover-up from beginning to end.” PolitiFact rating: False (The 9/11 Commission reviewed millions of pages of documents, and although experts noted legitimate criticisms of the report, there is no evidence supporting Carlson’s sweeping “cover-up” claim.) How Tucker Carlson’s online universe propels 9/11 conspiracy theories, 25 years later Tucker Carlson Rating
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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