Trump and the history of the ‘first 100 days’
Will history give Trump a thumbs-up for his first 100 days? AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez Robert Speel, Pennsylvania State University The federal government is currently…
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People are taking to the streets to defend science – but it could come at a cost
Scientists protest against proposed cuts against science in the UK in 2010. Shane/Flickr, CC BY-SA Joseph Roche, Trinity College Dublin Scientists around the world are facing…
Why I’m supporting Saturday’s March for Science
Simon Chapman, University of Sydney In the early 16th century Copernicus published his book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres)….
Palmer Report makes yet another False Claim about Media Bias Fact Check
On 4/18/17 Bill Palmer of the Palmer Report decided to make up another false claim, without evidence, against Media Bias Fact Check. In his libelous…
Facts are not always more important than opinions: here’s why
The message over the doorway to London’s Kirkaldy Testing Museum. But don’t be too quick to believe the facts and dismiss the opinions. Flickr/Kevo Thomson,…
Trump’s Wall: How Much Money Does the Government Have For It Now?
by T. Christian Miller ProPublica, April 13, 2017, 1:34 p.m. During the campaign, President Donald Trump promised to build a wall across the southern border…
Will Turkey’s referendum mark the end of democracy and the birth of ‘Erdoğanistan’?
Kremlin.ru [CC BY 3.0 or CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons Simon P. Watmough, European University Institute and Ahmet Erdi Öztürk, Université de Strasbourg Turkey…
How workers – not companies – are bearing the growing burden of government
By Sage Ross (Own work) [GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University Tax day is here…
Pulitzer Prize Winners and their Bias Ratings
We thought it might be interesting to look at the Pulitzer Prize winners and their bias ratings. If a source won more than one Pulitizer,…
Does Donald Trump Own Stock in the Company that Manufactured Tomahawk Missiles for Syrian Bombing?
We were asked by a reader, citing the Palmer Report, to fact check whether Donald Trump owns stock in the company that produces the Tomahawk…
Strikes against Syria: Did Trump need permission from Congress?
President Donald Trump after speaking at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. AP Photo/Alex Brandon Jordan Tama, American University School of International Service Launching 59 cruise…
A Few Website Updates
I wanted to give some brief updates about what is happening here at MBFC as there is a lot going on behind the scenes that…
With Syria missile strikes, Trump turns from non-intervention to waging war
Military strikes against a Syrian airforce base mark Donald Trump’s first big foreign policy test as president. Ben Rich, Curtin University The United States’ unilateral…
Techniques of 19th-century fake news reporter teach us why we fall for it today
German journalist and novelist Theodor Fontane. Wikimedia Commons Petra S. McGillen, Dartmouth College Donald Trump appears to have a straightforward definition of fake news: Stories…
In shake up, Rick Perry moves into Trump’s national security inner circle
By Gage Skidmore (Flickr: Rick Perry) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons by Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune April 5, 2017 WASHINGTON — A new…
(Fact Check) Is Trump Removing LGBTQ from the Census?
We were asked by a reader if President Donald Trump is removing LGBTQ questions from the upcoming census. On March 28th, several media outlets reported that…
The White House Wouldn’t Post Trump Staffers’ Financial Disclosures. So We Did.
by Ariana Tobin and Derek Kravitz ProPublica, April 1, 2017, 11:38 a.m. In a remarkable Friday night news dump, the Trump administration made dozens of…
Why are some people more gullible than others?
Lies, pranks and April Fool’s Day jokes show how gullible we can sometimes be. from http://www.shutterstock.com Joseph Paul Forgas, UNSW Homo sapiens is probably an…
Daily Source Bias Check: Peterson Foundation
LEAST BIASED These sources have minimal bias and use very few loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes)….
Palmer Report Republishes Fake Daily News Bin Story Against Media Bias Fact Check
For some mysterious reason Bill Palmer of the Palmer Report and the Daily News Bin has decided to republish, a false report about Media Bias Fact Check…