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
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim by Mehmet Oz (R): John Fetterman wants to “eliminate life sentences for murderers.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False (Fetterman has not called for eliminating life sentences for murders. Fetterman advocates eliminating the Pennsylvania law mandating life-without-parole sentences in second-degree or so-called felony murder cases, in which the defendant is an accessory to a murder.) Oz distorts Fetterman’s position of ending mandatory life sentences for certain murders |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: COVID vaccine trials skipped animal testing and went straight to people because all the animals were dying.
Lead Stories rating: False (Animals tested and no tests skipped.) |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Nancy Pelosi and Democrats “want to turn 150 million Americans into felons overnight” with HR 1808.
Politifact rating: False (The proposed assault weapons ban includes a grandfather provision that would allow current lawful owners of semi-automatic weapons to keep their guns and high-capacity magazines. It will prevent them from buying new ones.) Proposed assault weapons ban won’t turn gun owners into felons overnight |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Greenpeace Placed Banner On Trump Tower July 28, 2022.
Lead Stories rating: False (Fake Banner) Fact Check: Greenpeace Did NOT Place Banner On Trump Tower In Las Vegas On July 28, 2022 |
| FALSE | Claim by John Coleman: “Climate change is not happening.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (unequivocal global evidence) ‘Unequivocal’ Evidence that Humans Cause Climate Change, Contrary to Posts of Old Video |
| FALSE | (International: Indonesia): Indonesian President Joko Widodo declaring war on Malaysia
AFP Fact Check rating: False This video shows Indonesian President Joko Widodo declaring war on drugs, not Malaysia |
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