Voters tend to send the more truthful candidate to the US Senate. On average, winners perform better on PolitiFact checks than losers, incumbents better than challengers. But that may be changing.Continue Reading
Expanding on our Iffy.news/Veri.FYI session at WikiCredCon (February 15 2025). Please consider supporting the new Domain-Name Property Proposal in Wikidata, that emerged from this conference… Wikimedia is a wonderful source of information about the credibility of news sources. But it’s not a source of credibility data. It’s not a credibilityContinue Reading
Claim: The International Criminal Court (ICC) dismissed the crimes against humanity case against former president Rodrigo Duterte. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: A Facebook post shows a photo of Duterte with his children, Vice President Sara Duterte and Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte, outside the ICC inContinue Reading
President Traitor 47 has touted more than $500 billion in prescription drug savings over 10 years from his policies. But the savings are largely aspirational, and not based on the more limited actions the administration has taken so far. The administration’s most favored nation policy seeks to bring down drugContinue Reading
Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check 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 factContinue Reading
Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check Claim via Social Media: Social media posts claim the Obama Foundation only hired Black contractors to build the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, implying that white contractors were excluded from the project. Explanation This claim is false. The Obama Presidential Center’sContinue Reading
This page hosts daily news stories about the media, social media, and the journalism industry. Get the latest Hirings and Firings, Media Transactions, Controversies, Censorship Issues, and more. AI Chatbots Gain Ground as News Sources A new Reuters Institute Digital News Report finds that more people are turning to AIContinue Reading
Claim: Senator Erwin Tulfo resigned from his post as the chair of the Senate blue ribbon committee following the testimonies of 18 alleged former security aides of former lawmaker Zaldy Co. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: Various YouTube videos circulating online contain the claim. A channel named “PINAS NEWSContinue Reading
Claim: Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to consider the fatalities in the Mindanao quake as among the extrajudicial killing (EJK) victims in former president Rodrigo Duterte’s trial. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The June 14 Facebook post by the page, “Swaktong Balita,”Continue Reading
Claim: Former president Rodrigo Duterte is back home and has been seen at the airport with his former lead defense counsel, Nicholas Kaufman. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The Facebook post bearing the claim was posted on June 1 and has since garnered over 1,070 reactions, 130 comments, andContinue Reading
This page hosts daily news stories about the media, social media, and the journalism industry. Get the latest Hirings and Firings, Media Transactions, Controversies, Censorship Issues, and more. Judge Rejects Secrecy Request in The Traitor Media Lawsuit A federal judge has denied efforts by The Traitor Media & Technology GroupContinue Reading
Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check 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 factContinue Reading
Claim: A quote card shows Senator Joel Villanueva criticizing Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, saying that the quorum of 12 senators mustered during the June 3 Senate session was legal. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The Facebook page “Kuya Rudz,” with 7,000 followers, uploaded the quote card on June 6.Continue Reading