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 via Social Media: Ohio election alert were there more votes in certain races in Wyandot County Ohio than ballots cast?
Lead Stories rating: False (The Board of Elections issued a press release saying there were vote totals from an Oct. 28 mock election inadvertently left in the reporting system for onc precinct which, “overreported unofficial vote totals for several races” on Nov. 3, 2026, but did not change the outcome of any contest.) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Abdul El Sayed said “Michigan is the capital of Arab America.”
Snopes rating: True (Video from El-Sayed’s Nov. 6 remarks at the Arab American Leadership and Empowerment Summit confirms he said the phrase while contrasting Washington, D.C., as the U.S. capital with Michigan’s large and historically significant Arab American community.) Did Abdul El-Sayed call Michigan the ‘capital of Arab America’? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: A chart shows how Democrats materialized 20 million new votes out of nowhere.
Lead Stories rating: False (They are real voters. Turnout data and exit polls show several variables contributing to the differences, including Trump’s approval rating, the economy, and demographic groups who voted differently than they had in the past.) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Video authentically shows U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell looking blankly ahead and not responding when asked by a reporter for his reaction to the GOP’s midterm losses in November.
Snopes.com rating: True (Sad, but true.) Does video show Mitch McConnell appearing unresponsive when asked for midterms reaction? |
| FALSE | (International: France): Images authentically depict the Eiffel Tower illuminated blue in support of Democrats’ victories in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections.
Snopes rating: False Did France light Eiffel Tower blue to celebrate Democrats’ midterm wins? |
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