Latest Fact Checks By Daniel Funke

Facebook users are claiming there ‘is no’ coronavirus. That’s ridiculously wrong

By Daniel Funke

March 19, 2020

Says "there is no" COVID-19 virus.

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Conspiracy theory falsely connects George Soros to COVID-19

By Daniel Funke

March 19, 2020

"George Soros owns the WuXi PHARMA LAB located in Wuhan, China where COVID-19 was developed and conveniently Broke Out."

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Vegan Instagram accounts spread misinformation about COVID-19

By Daniel Funke

March 18, 2020

"COVID-19 started because we eat animals."

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Social posts are misinterpreting a federal disaster relief law to push a hoax about a US quarantine

By Daniel Funke

March 17, 2020

President Donald Trump “will evoke (sic) what is called the Stafford act” and “order a two week mandatory quarantine for the nation.”

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Celebrities are sharing a misleading post about Trump’s response to coronavirus

By Daniel Funke , Jon Greenberg , Louis Jacobson , Victoria Knight

March 17, 2020

Says Donald Trump “cut funding to the CDC,” “fired the Pandemic Response Team,” “refused WHO tests” and “wasted two weeks calling this outbreak a ‘Democrat…

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Fact-checking a chain message about a national quarantine on iMessage, WhatsApp

By Daniel Funke

March 17, 2020

Donald Trump is “announcing tomorrow that the US is going into quarantine for the next 14 days.”

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Ad Watch: Biden video twists Trump’s words on coronavirus

By Daniel Funke

March 15, 2020

Video shows President Donald Trump saying COVID-19 is Democrats’ “new hoax.”

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Fox & Friends host says now is ‘the safest time to fly.’ It’s not

By Daniel Funke

March 13, 2020

“It’s actually the safest time to fly.”

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Yes, Biden did call voters a ‘damn liar,’ a ‘lying dog-faced pony soldier’ and ‘full of s—’

By Daniel Funke

March 12, 2020

Says Joe Biden “attacked voters this primary,” saying “damn liar,” “full of s---” and “dog-faced pony soldier.”

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Drinking water does not prevent coronavirus infection

By Daniel Funke

March 11, 2020

If the coronavirus gets in your mouth, "drinking water or other liquids will WASH them down through your esophagus and into the stomach. Once there…

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Sun exposure does not kill the coronavirus

By Daniel Funke

March 11, 2020

"Being exposed to the sun for two hours" kills the 2019 coronavirus.

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Are you more likely to die from the flu than coronavirus? It’s complicated

By Daniel Funke

March 10, 2020

“You’re more likely to die of influenza right now” than the 2019 coronavirus.

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