Charges of media bias have merit
Michael Coleman of the Albuquerque Journal wrote an excellent Op-Ed on media bias during the first Presidential Debate. Through analysis Coleman found that Lester Holt…
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Trump says 1,800 people who were going to be deported ended up becoming citizens
During the first Presidential Debate Donald Trump said: “These people that we were going to deport for good reason ended up becoming citizens. Ended up becoming…
Our New Media Bias Visual Scale
Starting today each media source listed on MBFC News has a visual bias scale. We felt that having a quick visual reference would make it…
Politifact Checks more Trump claims from the last week.
Politifact has been busy checking all the claims made during the Presidential Debate last Monday. This summary consists of Politifact’s latest Trump claims during the…
Fact Check: A Brief Summary of Politifact’s Presidential Debate Research
On September 26, 2016 the first Presidential Debate took place between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. As usual Politifact covered the…
Experts say Donald Trump’s ‘policies’ dovetail with what Vladimir Putin would like for Russia
Michael Morell said in an open letter to Donald Trump that Donald Trump has outlined “policies that read like a Kremlin wish list.” Politifact…
Fact Check: Harry Reid claims Zika causes Blindness
On September 7, 2016 Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid stated on the Senate floor and also in the press that the Zika Virus leads to…
Website Update
9/23/16 Based on the amount media bias to cover, from this point on the website will only cover source checking, articles/news about media bias, and…
MBFC News Now Has 600+ Sources
8/30/16 MBFC News has broken the 600 source mark. We are by far the most comprehensive website for media source bias on the internet, and…
The Pentagon has shipped more than a million small arms to Iraq and Afghanistan’s defense forces
8/27/16 “The Pentagon has spent billions of dollars since 2001 funneling roughly more than a million assault rifles, pistols, shotguns, and machine guns into Iraq…
Judge orders search of new Clinton emails for release by September 13
8/26/16 A U.S. judge ordered the State Department on Thursday to release by Sept. 13 any emails it finds between Hillary Clinton and the White…
Iranian vessels make ‘high speed intercept’ of U.S. ship: U.S. official
8/25/16 Four of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) vessels “harassed” a U.S. warship on Tuesday near the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. defense official…
Voter ID: Voter and Election Fraud by the Numbers
8/23/16 As the 2016 election draws near, voter ID and voter fraud will be hot topics once again. In recent weeks we have seen several…
State Dept. to review nearly 15,000 Clinton emails
8/23/16 WASHINGTON — The State Department is reviewing nearly 15,000 emails as part of a batch of previously undisclosed communications that emerged in the FBI’s yearlong…
Is Donald Trump’s Companies really $650 million in debt?
8/20/16 On 8/20/16 the New York Times ran a story that claims Donald Trump’s companies are $650 million dollars in debt. The New York Times…
Clinton and Trump Supporters differ on Changing Nation
8/20/16 According to Pew Research, Clinton and Trump supporters have a vastly different view of today’s America. A majority of Clinton supporters feel the nation…
Car bomb kills three, wounds 170 in eastern Turkey: governor’s office
8/18/16 Three police officers were killed and 170 people wounded by a car bomb at a police station in Turkey’s eastern city of Elazig on…
(Alert) Bias Update: Breitbart
RIGHT BIAS These media sources are highly biased toward conservative causes. They utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal…
Turkey to release 38,000 prisoners early
8/17/16 Turkey will grant early release to 38,000 prisoners who committed crimes before July 1, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag has said, to make room for…
Donald Trump shakes up campaign
8/17/16 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has shaken up his campaign again, 82 days before the election. Breitbart News’ executive chairman Stephen Bannon was appointed the campaign CEO and…