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
| FALSE | Claim by Donald Trump (R): His administration found previously hidden Medicare money and will send more than 20 million seniors checks of at least $100.
FactCheck.org rating: False (The money was not hidden; it came from a Medicare improvement fund created by Congress in 2008. CMS says beneficiaries will receive $90, not at least $100.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: FBI found over 20K fraudulent ballots in a Houston storage locker, all for the Democrats.
Lead Stories rating: False (Made-Up Story) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: A video shows a 2026 ballot drop box on fire.
AFP Fact Check rating: False (Old video) Old video of ballot drop box arson spreads ahead of US midterms |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Voting machine problems in Westchester County, New York, were evidence that Democrats were cheating or suppressing Republican votes.
AP Fact Check rating: False (The problem was a ballot-scanner programming glitch that prevented machines from accepting paper ballots when polls opened. Voters’ completed ballots were secured for later processing, and Republican Rep. Mike Lawler said there were “no shenanigans” involved.) FACT FOCUS: False accusations and unverified claims quickly spread about Election Day voting |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): The brush used in cervical smear tests is sterilized in “cancer-causing” ethylene oxide.
Full Fact rating: False (Overexposure to ethylene oxide can be dangerous, such as lung damage in severe cases of inhalation, but medical devices sterilized with it are not unsafe.) Smear test brushes sterilised with ethylene oxide are safe – Full Fact |
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