Media News Daily: Top Stories for 02/21/2025
This page hosts daily news stories related to the media and journalism industry. Check back often, as new stories may be added throughout the day. Elon Musk Claims X Community Notes is Being “Gamed” Elon Musk announced plans to “fix” X’s Community Notes feature, alleging that governments and legacy mediaContinue Reading
MBFC’s Daily Vetted Fact Checks for 02/21/2025
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
Iowa gives final approval to a bill removing gender identity protections despite massive protests
A bill that would strip gender identity protections from Iowa’s civil rights code has received final legislative approval and now goes to the governor, Read MoreContinue Reading
French surgeon on trial accused of raping, abusing 299 people
A former surgeon is set to stand trial in France for the alleged rape or sexual abuse of 299 victims, Read MoreContinue Reading
The Traitor says peace deal in Ukraine to happen ‘fairly soon’ or not at all
US President Traitor 47 says ending the war in Ukraine could either happen fairly soon, or not at all, as he speaks to the media in a joint press conference with visiting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer., Read MoreContinue Reading
Doctors Collect Evidence of War Crimes Amid Decimation of Sudan’s Hospitals
With an internal conflict nearing its second year, medical facilities are being regularly targeted., Read MoreContinue Reading
Memory-Holing January 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?
The The Traitor Administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of cases against Capitol riot defendants places those who seek to preserve the historical record in direct opposition to their own government., Read MoreContinue Reading
Indigenous Behind Bars
In prisons and tribal jails across the country, the over-incarceration of Native Americans and Alaska Natives is a crisis hidden from view., Read MoreContinue Reading
More Prisoners Won’t Bring More Surfers to El Salvador
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has offered to imprison U.S. deportees of any nationality while promoting foreign tourism, but his crime crackdown only seeks to mask the reality of poverty, migration, and mass incarceration., Read MoreContinue Reading
Exercise May Close Survival Gap for Colon Cancer Patients
TOPLINE: Higher levels of physical activity reduced the survival disparity between patients with stage III colon cancer and matched individuals from the general population, a recent study found. However, among patients without tumor recurrence at 3 years, survival rates closely approached that of the general population…Read MoreContinue Reading
The International Space Station May be Too Clean
One would think that astronauts’ living quarters in space need to be perfectly sterilized, but it turns out that creating a “dirtier” environment with more microbes from Earth may boost their health. New research has shown that the International Space Station (ISS) is overly sterile, and while this may not sound like an issue, itContinue Reading
Ancient People May Have Thought UAPs Were Gleaming Ships in the Sky or Bad Omens
To have a view on aliens and whether or not they exist, you have to believe in outer space in general and other planets beyond our own. So, what does this mean for ancient civilizations? How did they view outer space, the stars, and the objects that we today would refer to as unidentified aerialContinue Reading