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 by Donald Trump (R): He “didn’t guarantee” that he would keep the U.S. out of new wars.
FactCheck.org rating: False (Trump repeatedly promised during the 2024 campaign that there would be “no more wars” and said, “I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars.”) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Occupy Democrats: A June 2026 video authentically shows a Fox News reporter calling the green, algae-infested water in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool the color blue.
Snopes rating: False (He did not say that. He was talking about the blue paint. Not the water. Out of context.) Does video show Fox News reporter saying reflecting pool’s green algae-infested water is blue? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Steve Robinson: Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner’s “oyster business” is “totally fake.”
PolitiFact rating: False (Public records show Waukeag Neck Oyster Co. has been registered since 2018, received a business equipment grant in 2021, obtained state aquaculture leases, and had a public business presence before Platner’s Senate campaign.) Is Graham Platner’s oyster farm ‘totally fake’? Fact-checking attack on Senate candidate from Maine |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: As of spring 2026, officials in parts of the western United States are urging anglers to catch as many fish as possible from certain reservoirs projected to dry up due to drought conditions.
Snopes rating: True (The fish are doomed either way.) |
| TRUE | (International: Brazil): A 21-year-old woman died during a rope jump in Brazil after crew members forgot to attach her to security equipment before she jumped.
Snopes rating: True 21-year-old rope jumper dies in Brazil after safety equipment ‘not properly secured’ |
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