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: The Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks refused an invitation to the White House.
Lead Stories rating: False (They have not been invited yet.) Fact Check: Seattle Seahawks Did NOT Decline a White House Invitation |
| FALSE | Claim by President Donald Trump (R): “Under the Biden administration, America was plagued by the nightmare of stagflation… But now… we are witnessing the exact opposite.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (Economists cited explain stagflation requires sustained high inflation plus weak/stagnant growth and typically rising unemployment; they say Biden-era conditions did not meet that definition.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social media: A coordinated FBI and ICE raid in Minneapolis uncovered a tunnel network under a luxury mansion owned by “prominent immigration attorneys,” seizing 2.64 tons of drugs and $18.7 million in cash and arresting 96 suspects in raids at more than 60 locations tied to the “Al-Hudood Logistics Syndicate.”
Snopes rating: False (this is a made-up story.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Family of Virginia Giuffre sent court millions of dollars for legal case against Pam Bondi and a number of influential figures.
Lead Stories rating: False (Did not happen.) |
| FALSE | (International: Philippines): House Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte 1st District Representative Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” Marcos has been sentenced by the Supreme Court and removed from office.
Rappler rating: False FACT CHECK: Sandro Marcos remains House majority leader; no SC ruling against him |
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I was wondering if the weekly fact check quiz has been stopped as there was none last week.
Hi Margaret. It will be back next week. We had some issues that prevented us from creating it this week.