MBFC's Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 02/22/2026 (Weekend Edition)

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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 circulating on X and amplified by Elon Musk: A chart shows transgender people are responsible for more mass shootings than any other demographic group. AFP rating: False (Data from the Gun Violence Archive identify five cases since 2013 in which a mass shooting perpetrator was transgender, about 0.1% of roughly 5,000 recorded incidents. Experts said the chart relies on small sample sizes, flawed denominators and incompatible demographic comparisons. Research consistently shows mass shooters in the U.S. are overwhelmingly male, and no credible dataset supports the claim that transgender people commit mass shootings at disproportionate rates.) Chart inflates prevalence of transgender people committing mass shootings
TRUE	Claim via Social Media: Donald Trump once said, “Our president will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate. He’s weak and he’s ineffective.” Snopes rating: True (He said this about Obama.) Did Trump once say Obama would start war with Iran due to his inability to negotiate?
FALSE	Claim Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “The CDC reports that 90% of healthcare spending treats chronic disease.” PolitiFact rating: False (The 90% figure comes from a 2017 Rand Corp. report that calculated total health spending on people who have chronic conditions, not the portion spent specifically on treating chronic disease. Because most Americans have at least one chronic condition, their unrelated medical costs were included in that 90%. More recent modeling suggests chronic disease treatment spending is significantly lower than 90% of total health expenditures, and HHS did not provide evidence isolating treatment-only costs.) This chronic illness statistic touted by RFK Jr. and RealFood.gov doesn’t check out
FALSE	(International: Australia): Videos show Australian women speaking out about immigration. AAP rating: False (The videos are AI-generated.) Foreign Facebook page using AI-generated women to stir immigration outrage

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