Fact-checker back-pedals after ‘spreading misinformation’ on Joe Biden's watch check
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A fact-checker has become a "spreader of misinformation" after back-pedalling on a report Joe Biden did not check his watch during a ceremony for dead soldiers, according to Digital Editor Jack Houghton.
US President Joe Biden was recently caught on camera checking his watch during a ceremony for 13 soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan.
Daniel Funke, a fact check reporter for USA TODAY, told the world it was misinformation.
But shortly after Mr Funke said the watch-checking claims were false, families of the soldiers killed during the US withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan spoke out about seeing President Biden check his watch.
In an interview, one family member said Joe Biden did not check his watch "just once" but rather on "every single one that came out of that airplane" during the ceremony.
Daniel Funke has since said "I regret the error" and conceded Joe Biden checked his watch "multiple times during the ceremony".
According to Mr Houghton, any power which Mr Funke has to "police speech and news stories" should be "revoked immediately".
"The fact you haven't yet been sacked, and you continue to publish fact checks, discredits your entire fact-checking operation," Mr Houghton said.
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