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)….
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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…