MBFC’s Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 02/06/2025
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 who 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
JetBlue To Replace Airbus A321LR With A321neo On Boston-London Gatwick Flights
JetBlue Airways will discontinue using its Airbus A321LR aircraft for flights between Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) and London Gatwick International Airport (LGW) during the summer of 2025, according to the aviation analytics company Cirium. Instead, the airline will operate these flights with its Airbus A321neo aircraft. The news wasContinue Reading
Anchorage Airport’s Suspicious String Of Blown Tire Incidents
A is not the worst technical issue that an aircraft can face. When aircraft have multiple sets of landing gear and numerous tires, a single-tire blowout is not a catastrophic problem. With that being said, it can still lead to complications during takeoffs or landings, which is why even somethingContinue Reading
Israeli-Palestinian film No Other Land wins Oscar for best documentary
The collaboration between Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers triumphed over four other documentaries., The collaboration between Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers triumphed over Porcelain War, Sugarcane, Black Box Diaries and Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat. No Other Land, a film about Palestinians fighting to protect their homes from demolition by Israel’s military,Continue Reading
How South Korea raised its birthrate: Love bingo, parental support and more
South Korea’s birth rate has risen for the first time in nine years. But the shift isn’t significant enough, say experts, For the first time in nine years, South Korea’s birthrate has risen, reversing a long-term trend which has seen it decline to record lows. The country’s fertility rate hadContinue Reading
GOP Pushes Drastic Cuts to Medicaid & Food Aid While Proposing Tax Cuts for Rich
A new study projects as many as 20 million people could lose Medicaid coverage under a Republican congressional bill to cut the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion match rate. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found the bill includes tax cuts for the wealthy and businesses, paired with cutsContinue Reading
xAI could sign a $5 billion deal with Dell for thousands of servers with Nvidia’s GB200 Blackwell AI GPU accelerators
Reports claim Dell is about to secure a $5 billion deal to supply Elon Musk’s xAI with yet more AI servers…Continue Reading
Iran’s economy minister impeached as inflation rises, currency falls
Hemmati removed from office after 182 of 273 lawmakers vote against him as rising cost of living fuels discontent., Abdolnaser Hemmati removed from office after 182 of 273 lawmakers vote against him amid widespread public discontent due to rising cost of living. Iran’s economy minister has been impeached after parliamentContinue Reading
Inside the Ramallah hotel housing Gaza’s cancer patients
As war destroyed their homes and killed their families, these hotel guests fought another battle – to survive illness., Ramallah, occupied West Bank — For more than 16 months, loss and grief have stalked the granite-floored corridors of the Retno Hotel. On the evening of October 6, 2023, the family-runContinue Reading
No Nazis: Be Like Chris Kluwe, And All Who Came Before
Amidst the dark chaos, we got a “masterclass in effective resistance” this week when former NFL punter Chris Kluwe rose in a California city council meeting to decry a dumb, unctuous proposed plaque that spells “MAGA,” which he deemed “explicitly a Nazi movement.” As the packed room cheered, he declaredContinue Reading
28th Detective Conan Film Posts New Trailer, Visual
Trailer highlights Kogoro, snowy Nagano setting for April 18 film…Read MoreContinue Reading
Iran’s parliament fires minister of economy over plummeting rial, mismanagement
Iran’s parliament has impeached the country’s economy minister and voted to remove him from office, amid growing concerns over the crashing rial and accusations of mismanagement…Continue Reading
‘We’re on the moon!’ Private Blue Ghost moon lander aces historic lunar landing for NASA
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost moon lander just etched its name into the history books. Blue Ghost aced its touchdown try early this morning (March 2), becoming just the second private spacecraft ever to soft-land on the moon. The lander hauled 10 science experiments to the lunar surface for NASA, which was understandably happy with today’sContinue Reading