Daniel Funke
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St. Petersburg, FL, United States
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Fact check: False claim that military arrested Hunter Biden
The false claim is related to the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory. → Read More
Fact check: Chet Hanks video makes false claim about vaccine safety and UFOs
A viral video by Chet Hanks contains misinformation about COVID-19 vaccine safety and UFOs. Abundant evidence shows vaccines are safe and effective. → Read More
Fact check: Chet Hanks video makes false claim about vaccine safety and UFOs
A viral video by Chet Hanks contains misinformation about COVID-19 vaccine safety and UFOs. Abundant evidence shows vaccines are safe and effective. → Read More
Fact check: Chet Hanks video makes false claim about vaccine safety and UFOs
A viral video by Chet Hanks contains misinformation about COVID-19 vaccine safety and UFOs. Abundant evidence shows vaccines are safe and effective. → Read More
Fact check: 6 of the most persistent misconceptions about COVID-19 vaccines
USA TODAY has spent months sorting fact from fiction about the coronavirus vaccines. Here are some of the most persistent misconceptions. → Read More
PolitiFact - Answering questions, concerns about the coronavirus vaccines
If you’re not one of the 120 million Americans who have already received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccin → Read More
PolitiFact | The COVID-19 vaccine is not an ‘operating system’ run by Bill Gates
The technology behind two coronavirus vaccines approved for emergency use in the U.S. is actually an operating system ai → Read More
PolitiFact - How vaccine passports might work in the US
Americans who want to go to concerts, fly on certain airlines or attend weddings in the next few months may have to prov → Read More
PolitiFact | False vaccine claims persist on Facebook, despite a ban. Here’s why
In the early days of the pandemic, a Facebook page for Earthley promised an easy way to avoid getting COVID-19. Th/> <meta name= → Read More
PolitiFact | Boulder shooting was not a ‘false flag’ attack
Hours after 10 people were gunned down at a supermarket in Boulder, Colo., some people logged on to social media to say → Read More
6 things we’ve learned from a year of misinformation about the coronavirus
From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers. → Read More
PolitiFact - 15 of our wackiest COVID-19 fact-checks
The novel coronavirus is no laughing matter. Over the past year, it has killed more than 500,000 Americans, shuttered sc → Read More
PolitiFact - 6 things we’ve learned from one year of coronavirus misinformation
One year ago, Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The NBA suspended its seas → Read More
PolitiFact | What the Equality Act debate gets wrong about gender, sex
On one side of the Capitol Hill hallway is a pink and blue flag, a symbol for transgender pride. Directly across is a si/> <meta name= → Read More
PolitiFact - Don’t waste your time. You can’t block Facebook’s Community Standards
A viral Facebook post purports to offer a get-out-of-jail-free card for users who violate the platform’s rules. "For tho/> <meta name= → Read More
PolitiFact - Biden administration did not block Texas from increasing power before winter storm
As millions of Texans regained power after a severe winter storm brought snow, ice and freezing temperatures, some consp/> <meta name= → Read More
PolitiFact - Ask PolitiFact: Are the White House press briefings ‘staged?’
When President Joe Biden took over the White House, his administration resumed a tradition that had gone by the wayside /> <meta name= → Read More
PolitiFact | Popular TikTok posts mislead on details of anti-transgender bills
In a video seen by tens of thousands of people, someone sketches in pencil as a computerized voice speaks over a recordi → Read More
PolitiFact | Biden did not plan winter storm as ‘an attack on Texas’
A powerful winter storm has left millions of people without power in Texas amid freezing temperatures. Some Facebook use → Read More
PolitiFact | Doctors administering COVID-19 vaccines aren’t guilty of war crimes
The video starts with a video from a child TikToker and an advertisement for silver coins. Then, it transitions to a sho → Read More