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
With Midterms coming up in November, we will be publishing as many politician facts checks as we can find.
| MISLEADING | Claim by Alaskans for L.I.S.A.: Senate candidate “Kelly Tshibaka says she wants to ban birth control in the mail.”
FactCheck.org rating: Misleading (Tshibaka has said she would ban the sale of the morning-after pill via the mail, but the ads leave the misleading impression she would ban all forms of birth control.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by redvoicemedia.com: ‘Vaccinated’ People No Longer Human – NASA-Langley Research On 5th Gen Warfare – Todd Callender With Maria Zeee [VIDEO]
Lead Stories rating: False (Did not happen, making stuff up.) |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media meme: The US government demolished Nikola Tesla’s Wardenclyffe Tower to prevent him giving free energy to the world.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (Tesla’s plans were for wireless electricity transmission but he was unable to make it commercially viable and the tower was demolished to pay his debts.) |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Antony Blinken “confesses that Biden” is responsible for the Nord Stream pipeline leaks.
The Dispatch rating: False (Antony Blinken said the Nord Stream leaks presented an opportunity to ease European dependence on Russian energy supplies; he didn’t say Joe Biden was responsible for leaks to the Nord Stream pipeline.) Fact Check: Did Antony Blinken ‘Confess’ That the U.S. Was Behind the Nord Stream Pipeline Leaks? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Post: claims an American flag displayed at a Trump rally was purportedly missing its stars
Check Your Fact rating: False (Trump did not display an American flag without stars during his rally.) FACT CHECK: Does This Photo Show An American Flag Missing Stars At A Trump Rally? |
| FALSE | (International: Australia): Written language was invented by western civilization.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (The origins of written language are traced back 5500 years to Mesopotamia.) |
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