media-news-daily:-top-stories-for-08/22/2025

This page hosts daily news stories about the media, social media, and the journalism industry. Get the latest Hirings and Firings, Media Transactions, Controversies, and more. Americans Say Online Misinformation Is Top Threat to U.S., Outranking Terrorism and Climate Change A new Pew Research Center survey reveals that 70% ofContinue Reading

mbfc’s-daily-vetted-fact-checks-for-08/22/2025

Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check Fact Check Search 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, weContinue Reading

media-news-daily:-top-stories-for-08/21/2025

This page hosts daily news stories about the media, social media, and the journalism industry. Get the latest Hirings and Firings, Media Transactions, Controversies, and more. Conan O’Brien Reflects on the Decline of Late-Night TV Comedian Conan O’Brien, during his induction into the Television Academy Hall of Fame, predicted theContinue Reading

mbfc’s-daily-vetted-fact-checks-for-08/21/2025

Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check Fact Check Search 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, weContinue Reading

fact-check:-chiz-escudero-is-still-senate-president

Claim: Senate President Chiz Escudero was removed from his post due to corruption. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: Several social media pages have reposted a graphic featuring a collage of Escudero alongside photos of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Vice President Sara Duterte, and former Senate President Tito Sotto.  TheContinue Reading

the-traitor-repeats-false-ukraine-aid-claim

Europe has allocated more money in direct, bilateral aid to Ukraine than the U.S. has during the war with Russia. But in President Traitor 47’s remarks surrounding recent meetings with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine, he falsely claimed that the U.S. has given Ukraine more than three times asContinue Reading

fact-vs-fiction:-did-texas-rep.-nicole-collier-sleep-in-the-house-chamber-after-refusing-gop-‘permission-slip’?

Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check Claim via Social Media In August 2025, Rep. Nicole Collier (D–Fort Worth) was forced to sleep overnight in the Texas House chamber after Republicans required Democrats to sign “permission slips” and accept police escorts to leave the building, conditions she refused.Continue Reading

media-news-daily:-top-stories-for-08/20/2025

This page hosts daily news stories about the media, social media, and the journalism industry. Get the latest Hirings and Firings, Media Transactions, Controversies, and more. Educational Disparities Among News Audiences Revealed in Pew Study A new Pew Research Center survey highlights sharp contrasts in the educational backgrounds of U.S.Continue Reading

mbfc’s-daily-vetted-fact-checks-for-08/20/2025

Home Fact Check Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check Fact Check Search 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, weContinue Reading