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
| FALSE | Claim by Donald Trump (R): Canadian and Japanese fishermen had been harvesting lobster in an Atlantic sanctuary off limits to Americans.
AFP Fact Check rating: False (Despite the president’s claims, no country had commercial fishing access to the zone protected under regulations enacted by former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. ) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Two “antifa operatives” were arrested for dumping algae into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026, just days after U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration completed renovations of the landmark.
Snopes rating: False (Originated as Satire) Were ‘antifa operatives’ arrested for dumping algae in reflecting pool? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Real video shows a child throwing an LGBT Pride flag in a bin.
Lead Stories rating: False (it is really fake) Fact Check: FAKE Video Of Child Throwing LGBTQ+ Pride Flag In Trash Bin |
| MISLEADING | Claim via Social Media: “Japanese doctors with a database of 18 million vaccinated people have found: the more shots you get, the sooner you die.”
Science Feedback rating: Misleading (The analysis did not account for key confounding factors such as age and underlying medical conditions, and published studies have not found COVID-19 vaccination is associated with higher mortality.) Inadequate analysis of Japan data used to spread false claim about COVID-19 vaccine mortality |
| FALSE | (International: South Korea): CCTV shows South Korean election officials rigging ballot boxes
AFP Fact Check rating: False Clip of S. Korean poll worker sealing ballot box misrepresented as fraud |
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