Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers that are either a signatory of 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: A real photo of Zohran Mamdani as a child with his mother Nora Nair and Jeffrey Epstein prove the new mayor of New York City is Epstein’s illegitimate child
Lead Stories rating: False (AI-generated) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): Among Somalis in Minnesota, “92% of them don’t work.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire (About 28% of Somalis in Minnesota aren’t working — a far lower percentage than President Donald Trump cited, and a smaller share than for Minnesotans overall. About 9 in 10 Somalis receive some form of public assistance, but these programs typically allow low-wage workers to participate; receiving public benefits does not mean someone isn’t working.) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: Epstein files release mentions film director Mira Nair, mother of Mamdani, attending Ghislaine Maxwell party.
Lead Stories rating: True (An email mentions her appearance at an afterparty for one of her films. The event occurred in 2009.) Fact Check: Zohran Mamdani’s Mom WAS Mentioned In Epstein Files |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Emails between Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein show that Musk rejected Epstein’s invitation to Epstein’s private island.
Lead Stories rating: False (Emails show Musk and Epstein planned holiday visits at the end of 2012 and 2013, but their schedules eventually did not align. Both men seemed eager to meet up on Epstein’s now-infamous Little St. James Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It was Epstein, not Musk, who cancelled the second visit.) |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): A picture shows Reform UK leader Nigel Farage visiting a seven-year-old with terminal brain cancer in hospital to fulfil their “final wish”.
Full Fact rating: False (This is fake. The picture does show a real child with cancer—an American boy who sadly died in October 2025. But the image has been edited with the help of AI to include Mr Farage.) Picture of child with cancer edited to include Nigel Farage – Full Fact |
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