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
| MISLEADING | Claim via Social Media: Donald Trump and Herbert Hoover are the only U.S. presidents on record who left office with fewer total jobs than when they entered office.
Snopes.com rating: True (On paper, this is a true statement, but lacks context.) During Trump’s Presidency, US Job Growth Was Worst Since Hoover and the Great Depression? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: A video showed people “preparing body bags for the evening news clip during the pandemic”
Health Feedback rating: Inaccurate (A clip from a Russian music video.) |
| FALSE | Claim by Donald Trump (R): “This year, the typical family’s tax bill is thousands of dollars lower because of the Trump Tax Cuts. … if Crooked Joe Biden gets his way, you will soon be facing colossal tax HIKES.”
FactCheck.org rating: False (In his latest budget proposal, Biden supports extending the tax cuts championed by Trump for people making less than $400,000.) |
| FALSE | Claim by Laura Loomer: Are Donald Trump’s jurors “open” Joe Biden supporters’?
Newsweek rating: Unverified (There is no evidence that members of the jury panel are “open” Biden supporters. While some information has been released about the seven jurors picked on Tuesday, none include inclinations toward the president. Moreover, many other potential jurors were excused from jury duty over impartiality concerns, on occasion following a challenge from Trump’s lawyers.) Fact Check: Are Donald Trump’s Jurors ‘Open’ Joe Biden Supporters? |
| BLATANT LIE |
Claim via Social Media: After O.J. Simpson’s death, former U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, “Just like your favorite President, ME, he was accused of horrible things. He said he didn’t do those things and I am just as innocent as him!”
Snopes.com rating: False (Fake) |
| FALSE | (International: Canada): Canadians could soon be jailed for life if they offend someone on the internet under proposed legislation.
Australian Associated Press rating: False (Merely offending others online cannot be punished with a life sentence under the proposed legislation.) No, Canadians won’t face life in prison for being offensive online |
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