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
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: CNN journalist Anderson Cooper built a free hospital for homeless people in New York in September 2026.
Snopes rating: False (There is no evidence Cooper built or opened such a hospital. Snopes found the story was fabricated “AI slop,” accompanied by AI-generated images and inconsistent claims about the supposed facility.) Did Anderson Cooper build free hospital for homeless people? |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Byron Donalds (R): “Just months after” the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, David Jolly “was in Washington, pressuring Congress to expand drilling off the Florida coast, over $5 million in billings.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (Jolly attended a 2011 meeting where a client discussed legislation that could have expanded offshore drilling, which technically counted as lobbying, but the $5 million figure represented his firm’s total billings across all clients and issues, not drilling-related work. PolitiFact also noted that Jolly later worked in Congress to restrict drilling near Florida.) Byron Donalds overstates David Jolly’s offshore drilling lobbying, ignores anti-drilling record |
| MISLEADING | Claim via Social Media: A California teacher was recently fired for forcing students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance to an LGBTQ+ pride flag.
Snopes rating: Misleading (The incident occurred in 2021, not 2026; there is no evidence the teacher forced students to pledge to a pride flag, and the district has not confirmed whether she was fired or resigned. Some viral posts also used AI-generated images.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Two videos that show two different planes prove that the attempted hijacking of the FlyDubai flight was a staged false flag.
Lead Stories rating: False (Not a false flag, but a false claim.) |
| FALSE | (International: Philippines): An arrest warrant was issued against Senator Raffy Tulfo, who was then apprehended by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Rappler rating: False |
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