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): Crime in Washington, D.C., is down 89% and the city “hasn’t had a murder in a long time.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (D.C. police data showed overall crime down 11% in 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, violent crime down 12% and homicides down 26%. City data also recorded nine homicides during the previous 30 days.) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from New York, has taken campaign contributions from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a pro-Israel lobbying group.
Snopes.com rating: True (OpenSecrets, a nonprofit aimed at tracking money in U.S. politics, estimated Jeffries had received approximately $1,74 million through 2024 from pro-Israel donors.) How much money does Hakeem Jeffries get from AIPAC? What we know |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): He is the only U.S. president who has declined his presidential salary and donated it instead.
FactCheck.org rating: False (Presidents Herbert Hoover and John F. Kennedy, both independently wealthy, also declined or donated their presidential salaries. Since winning the 2024 election, Trump’s wealth has increased by an estimated $2.7 billion, primarily through cryptocurrency ventures, foreign business deals, and licensing agreements that capitalize on his political influence.) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Jan. 6 Capitol rioter Jake Lang crashed a Seattle cat convention while claiming it was a furry convention.
Snopes rating: True (Lang posted videos of himself at Sea-Meow, a cat convention in Seattle, and captioned them as showing him “busting up” a furry convention. Sea-Meow is a cat-focused event, and Snopes found no evidence the videos were fabricated.) Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang crashed Seattle cat convention to condemn furries |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): A video shows a new strain of Covid found in Northampton.
Full Fact rating: False (The UK Health Security Agency told Full Fact that it has not had any notification of a new strain of Covid-19 being found anywhere in the UK.) Viral video does not show new strain of Covid found in Northampton – Full Fact |
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