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
| NO EVIDENCE |
Claim by Ted Lieu (D): The Trump administration’s DOGE cuts to federal programs were responsible for the screwworm outbreak.
FactCheck.org rating: No Evidence (Experts said recent funding or staffing cuts may have weakened preparedness, but the screwworm’s northward spread began before Trump took office and cannot be blamed on one administration.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Donald Trump (R): Democrats are “hardcore, godless Communists.”
AP rating: False (Experts said major Democratic figures, including democratic socialists, do not identify as communists and generally support a market-based economy with expanded social programs, not communist policies such as abolishing private property or central economic planning.) FACT FOCUS: Experts say Trump’s claims linking Democrats to communism are inaccurate |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: In June 2023, U.S. Vice President JD Vance posted on X: “In this house we believe: Black Lives Matter. No human is illegal. Prigozhin is a Liberal reformer. Love is love.”
Snopes rating: True (Although the post is real, a spokesperson for Vance said it was intended satirically. For example, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who Vance called a “liberal reformer” in the post, was a Russian oligarch who staged a mutiny in June 2023, weeks before his death.) Did Vance once post ‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘No human is illegal’ message? |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): A polling company found 35 per cent of Australians who speak a second language at home would vote for One Nation.
AAP rating: False (The figure comes from an inaccurate graphic that has now been fixed.) |
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