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 Patrick Colbeck: A Michigan poll worker detected a Wi-Fi signal connected to a foreign device inside a vote tabulator during the Nov. 3, 2026 election.
Lead Stories rating: False (Colbeck declined to identify the poll worker, location, or government officials supposedly investigating the claim and provided no evidence. The Michigan Department of State called the allegation “complete nonsense” and said it had received no report of such an incident.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Virginia voters approved a constitutional amendment allowing abortions to be performed “up to birth.”
Snopes rating: False (Question 1 protects abortion access through the first and second trimesters, but it explicitly allows Virginia lawmakers to restrict abortions in the third trimester. Those restrictions cannot prohibit abortions when a physician determines they are medically necessary to protect the pregnant patient’s life or physical or mental health, or when the fetus is not viable.) Did Virginia legalize abortion up to birth? Claim misrepresents Question 1 |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: A Minnesota poll worker wearing a fake-blood “Problem Solved” shirt was mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
AP Fact Check rating: False (The city of Rogers said the shirt was Halloween attire with no political intent or connection to Kirk. Officials said the poll worker was a Republican and that the shirt did not violate polling-place rules.) FACT FOCUS: False accusations and unverified claims quickly spread about Election Day voting |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: NBC planned to declare Democrats the winners of the House and Senate before all congressional races were decided.
AP Fact Check rating: False (NBC said only that Democrats were favored in public polling and that it was possible, though unlikely, control of both chambers could be projected on election night. The network did not say it would declare winners regardless of actual results.) FACT FOCUS: False accusations and unverified claims quickly spread about Election Day voting |
| FALSE | (International: India): Video shows Congress leader Rahul Gandhi blaming vote theft for pollution in Delhi.
BOOM Fact Check rating: False Old, Cropped Video Peddled As Rahul Gandhi Blaming Vote Theft For Pollution | BOOM |
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