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.
| FALSE | Claim by Viral image: George W. Bush was photographed talking into the wrong end of a phone.
PolitiFact rating: False (This is an altered image. The original shows the former president holding the phone correctly.) Altered photo shows George W. Bush holding phone upside-down |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social media: Photos show non-verbal student whose cat identity is accommodated at school.
USA Today rating: False (The photos show a Norweigan adult who claimed to be a cat in 2016.) Fact check: Photos show adult who identified as a cat, not student |
| FALSE | Claim by Viral image: The COVID-19 vaccine caused J.J. Watt’s atrial fibrillation.
PolitiFact rating: False (There’s no evidence to support this claim. J.J. Watt has said that he doesn’t know what caused the irregular heartbeat.) Posts suggest without evidence that vaccine caused J.J. Watt’s AFib |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: A machine must move 500 tons of earth to make one lithium car battery
USA Today rating: False (The viral image shows coal mining. Heavy mining machinery is not required to produce lithium.) Fact check: Viral image shows coal mining machine, not lithium mining |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Viral Image: CNN reported that a Uvalde parent received prison time for assaulting an officer.
Check Your Fact rating: False (CNN did not report that.) |
| FALSE | (International: United Kingdom): Claim by expose-news.com: The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine causes an ‘Astonishing Drop in Male Fertility.’
Lead Stories rating: False (Brief Drop) |
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