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
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| FALSE | Claim by Nikki Haley (R): “You’ve got crime at all-time highs.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (The U.S. violent crime rate, and homicide rate specifically, peaked in 1991.) |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim by Social media: DirecTV to drop ABC if network does not cancel ‘The View’
USA Today rating: False (Originated as Satire) Fact check: Claim about DirecTV dropping ‘The View’ originated as satire |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: A bill in Connecticut that changes the definition for “sexual orientation” would protect “minor attracted persons” from discrimination.
PolitiFact rating: False (Connecticut House Bill 6638 would modernize the definition of “sexual orientation,” but it would not protect child sex offenders.) |
| MOSTLY FALSE |
Claim via Social Media: People Who Commit Violent Crimes Will Be Set Free In LA.
Lead Stories rating: Mostly False (For minor crimes, yes, but a judge ruled that those who commit “capital offenses” and other high levels of crime were not eligible for no-bail release and therefore would not be “set free.”) Fact Check: People In LA Who Commit Violent Crimes Will NOT Be ‘Set Free On As Of Today’ |
| FALSE | Claim via Social Media: Judge Aileen Cannon, who was assigned to the Donald Trump documents case, appeared at a September 3, 2022, political rally for the former president in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Lead Stories rating: False (Not the same) Fact Check: Judge Aileen Cannon NOT Photographed In Full MAGA Regalia At Trump Campaign Rally |
| FALSE | (International: Israel): Israeli Ministry of Health data shows that “zero healthy people” under the age of 50 have died of COVID-19 in the country.
AP News rating: False (Misrepresents Data) Posts misrepresent Israeli data on COVID-19 deaths in young people |
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