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
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Vivek Ramaswamy (R): In 2020, “Amy Acton called off Ohio’s election at the last minute.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (On March 16, 2020, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, said he was postponing the primary election — which was scheduled for the next day — because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The primary was held about six weeks later. Dr. Amy Acton, who was then state health department director, signed an order closing polling locations after a judge declined to delay the primary. In April 2026, DeWine told NBC4 that he had consulted with other officials including Acton, but it was his decision to delay the primary.) Ohio governor’s race: Ramaswamy said Acton ‘called off’ 2020 primary. DeWine delayed it |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: The U.S. Supreme Court sealed a 7-2 ruling that abolishes income tax, under case number 24-1791.
Lead Stories rating: False (The case number does not exist.) |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: In May 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump said, “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody.”
Snopes rating: True (That is what he said.) Trump on Iran negotiations: ‘I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation’ |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Real article reported that Melania Trump was a “poppers girl at an East Village gay bar”.
Lead Stories rating: False (There is no evidence this article is real.) |
| FALSE | (International: Iran): “Wow, Iran bombed the ‘Cloud-Seeding’ radars in the UAE and suddenly the temperature shifted by 5 degrees in Tehran (unheard of) and it now it’s raining and snowing.”
DW Fact Check Rating: False (There are several issues with this claim; there’s no evidence that this research center was attacked in the first place, and scientists told DW this is a complete misrepresentation of how cloud seeding technology works.) |
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