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 TRUE |
Claim by American Leadership Action: As a mayor, “John Fetterman chased down an innocent, unarmed Black man,” wielded a shotgun and “falsely accused the man, triggering a confrontation with police.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly True (Fetterman chased and caught Chris Miyares, who is Black, and displayed a shotgun to detain him until police arrived. Police said Miyares was wearing headphones and exercise clothes. They said he did not have a weapon and released him without filing any charges.) Ad dissects John Fetterman’s 2013 armed chase of a Black man |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by newspunch.com: Klaus Schwab’s WEF Plans To Censor the Internet Using AI.
Lead Stories rating: False (They are not) Fact Check: Klaus Schwab’s WEF Does NOT Plan To Censor Internet Using Artificial Intelligence |
| FALSE | Claim by Donald Trump (R): The Justice Department “stage[d]” a photo to “pretend” that Trump had left the government documents on the floor of a room at Mar-a-Lago.
FactCheck.org rating: False (The FBI didn’t “stage” a photo to “pretend” that Trump left classified documents on the floor of his Mar-a-Lago office. The seized documents were found in a container, but were placed on the floor so agents could photograph them as evidence.) |
| FALSE | Claim by Epoch Times and Natural News: Embalmers find “strange clots” in corpses since the implementation of COVID-19 vaccines
Health Feedback rating: Unsupported (The article provided no evidence demonstrating a link between the presence of unusual blood clots in deceased people and COVID-19 vaccines.) |
| FALSE | Claim by Russell Brand: The National Institute of Health added ivermectin to the list of Covid treatments.
Full Fact rating: False (There is an ivermectin section on the NIH website, but it explains that ivermectin cannot and should not be used to treat Covid-19.) Russell Brand admits falsely claiming that ivermectin is a Covid-19 treatment – Full Fact |
| FALSE | (International: ukraine-media-profile/">Ukraine): NATO supplied fighter jets to Ukraine amid Russia stand-off.
AFP Fact Check rating: False (reports of NATO supplying fighter jets to Ukraine) Social media posts share false claim about ‘NATO-supplied fighter jets arriving in Ukraine’ |
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