Media Bias Fact Check selects and publishes fact checks from around the world. We only utilize fact-checkers who 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 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis: Florida has the lowest per capita debt of any U.S. state.
First Coast News rating: Mostly True (While the Tax Foundation has the Sunshine State at No. 50 in per capita debt, Florida Tax Watch, says the state is No. 47.) Yes, Florida has lowest per capita debt in U.S., but No. 6 in household debt |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: Aurora borealis sightings a “fabricated light show” created by a HAARP experiment.
PolitiFact rating: False (Basic crackpottery) Geomagnetic storm, not a HAARP experiment, created dazzling, worldwide northern lights display |
| MISLEADING | Claim by foxnews.com: The United Nations revised the Gaza death toll in early May 2024, resulting in almost 50% fewer women and children being reported as killed than previously estimated.
Lead Stories rating: Misleading (While the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs regularly updates its figures of reported casualties in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the numbers being compared in this case are not in the same category. There has been little change.) Fact Check: UN Did NOT Halve Its Estimate Of Women And Children Killed In Gaza |
| TRUE | Claim via Social Media: A U.S. House Bill introduced by Republicans in May 2024 proposed sending people convicted of unlawful campus activity on or after Oct. 7, 2023, to provide community service in Gaza.
Snopes.com rating: True (The proposed bill stipulates a minimum of six months of community service in Gaza for those convicted.) US House Bill Proposes Sending Pro-Palestine College Demonstrators to Gaza? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: House passed a bill to outlaw the New Testament.
USA Today rating: False (The bill referenced in the post would not outlaw the New Testament, according to multiple legal experts. Instead, it would require the Department of Education to use a certain definition of antisemitism when it enforces federal anti-discrimination laws on college campuses.) House passed bill to define antisemitism in federal law | Fact check |
| FALSE | (International: China): A video explains that Chinese people cannot charge their electric vehicles if their social credit score is under 550.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (The video features an explanation of a ‘pay later’ reward system. China does not have a social credit score system for citizens.) |
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