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MBFC’s Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 09/27/2025 (Weekend Edition)

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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

BLATANT
LIE
Claim by Donald Trump (R): Coal is “clean, beautiful coal.”

FactCheck.org rating: False (Burning coal releases more CO₂ than any other fossil fuel and emits sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and particulates that harm health; it is not cleaner than alternatives like natural gas or renewables.)

Trump Misleads on Climate Change and Renewables at U.N.

TRUE Claim via Social Media: Netflix Co-founder and Chairman Reed Hastings donated $2 million to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting campaign.

Snopes rating: True (State campaign finance records showed Hastings donated $2 million in late August to support redistricting efforts in California.)

Netflix’s Reed Hastings donated $2M to Newsom redistricting campaign

BLATANT
LIE
Claim via Social Media: EVs are prone to spontaneously bursting into flames and are more dangerous than gasoline cars.

Science Feedback rating: False (Data shows EV fires are rare; EVs are several times less likely to catch fire than combustion vehicles.)

Do electric vehicles catch fire more often?

FALSE (International: Nepal): Video shows protesters in Nepal shot by a police water cannon.

AFP Fact Check rating: False

Footage of French rallies falsely linked to Nepal clashes

 

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