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Chris Mueller

@AtChrisMueller

Fact Check Reporter @USATODAY. Former: @PostCrescent, @StevensPointJrl, @DailyRepublic.

 Appleton, WI
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Joined August 2014
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AI-generated images already fool people. Why experts say they'll only get harder to detect. usatoday.com/story/news/fact… via @usatoday
AI-generated images already fool people. Why experts say they'll only get harder to detect.

AI-generated images already fool people. Why experts say they'll only get harder to detect.

A variety of realistic-looking images generated with AI have gone viral. Experts say these sorts of images will become more common and harder to spot.

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@ByRyanWood15 Mar 2023
Aaron Rodgers makes clear he intends to not only play, but for the New York Jets: "I made it my intention was to play, and my intention was to play for the New York Jets. I haven't held anything up at this point. It's just compensation that the #Packers are trying to get."
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My colleague @AtChrisMueller and I have been working tirelessly to get answers after the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment sparked an array of misleading information online. 🔽 usatoday.com/story/news/fact…
Ohio train derailment fact check: What's true and what's false?

Ohio train derailment fact check: What's true and what's false?

With claims of lockdowns and animals being sickened or dying spreading online, we run down what's true and false about the Ohio train derailment.

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Matthew Beyer found guilty of killing his two children postcrescent.com/story/news/… via @PostCrescent ⁦@ArseneauKelli⁩
Matthew Beyer sentenced to life in prison for killing his two children

Matthew Beyer sentenced to life in prison for killing his two children

Beyer was on trial for the murders of 5-year-old William Beyer and 3-year-old Danielle Beyer, who were found dead in their Kaukauna home in 2020.

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Fact check: Image of beer disguised as Pepsi from 2015, not World Cup usatoday.com/story/news/fact… via @usatoday
Fact check: Image of beer disguised as Pepsi from 2015, not World Cup

Fact check: Image of beer disguised as Pepsi from 2015, not World Cup

A photo that shows a can of Heineken beer disguised as Pepsi was taken seven years ago in Saudi Arabia. It has no connection to the World Cup.

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Social media misinformation is expected to intensify in coming days and weeks, particularly in races where there are delays in calling a winner or a candidate refuses to concede. usatoday.com/story/tech/2022…
TEXT: What you can do to help stop misinformation about elections on social media: Beware of social media posts that exploit your biases or partisan beliefs Give election-related posts extra scrutiny When in doubt, don’t share

ALT TEXT: What you can do to help stop misinformation about elections on social media: Beware of social media posts that exploit your biases or partisan beliefs Give election-related posts extra scrutiny When in doubt, don’t share

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Midterm elections are Tuesday, and false claims about election security, ballot measures and mail-in ballots have circulated online. Here are the claims USA TODAY has debunked. ⬇
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Since the Congressional baseball shooting injured @SteveScalise in '17, we've been collecting threat investigations from the @FBI aimed at members... came in handy today re: @SpeakerPelosi bit.ly/3Nrs24F 1/
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BREAKING: Darrell Brooks found guilty in Waukesha Christmas Parade attack jsonline.com/story/communiti… via ⁦@jariccioli⁩
Darrell Brooks found guilty on all 76 counts in Waukesha Christmas Parade murders, ending weekslong...

Darrell Brooks found guilty on all 76 counts in Waukesha Christmas Parade murders, ending weekslong...

A jury has convicted Darrell Brooks Jr. of killing six people and injuring dozens of others by driving through the 2021 Christmas parade.

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Fact check: No, Antony Blinken did not say the U.S. was responsible for the Nord Stream leaks usatoday.com/story/news/fact… via @usatoday

Fact check: No, Antony Blinken did not say U.S. responsible for Nord Stream leaks

European officials suspect sabotage was the cause of leaks found in late September in two pipelines that carry natural gas from Russia to Germany.

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Fact check: US was world’s top oil producer in 2018, followed by Russia, Saudi Arabia usatoday.com/story/news/fact… via @usatoday
Fact check: US was world’s top oil producer in 2018, followed by Russia, Saudi Arabia

Fact check: US was world’s top oil producer in 2018, followed by Russia, Saudi Arabia

The U.S. as a whole – not Texas alone, as a social media post claims – was the world’s top oil producer in 2018, outproducing Russia and Saudi Arabia.

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Fact check: Pennsylvania’s US Senate race between Fetterman and Oz is still ongoing usatoday.com/story/news/fact… via @usatoday
Fact check: Pennsylvania’s US Senate race between Fetterman and Oz is ongoing

Fact check: Pennsylvania’s US Senate race between Fetterman and Oz is ongoing

Oz recently narrowed the gap in the polls, but a video shared on Facebook goes a step further by falsely claiming Oz has already won the race.

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Fact check: Image shows Daytona speedway after heavy rain in 2009, not after Hurricane Ian usatoday.com/story/news/fact… via @usatoday
Fact check: Image shows Daytona speedway after heavy rain in 2009, not after Hurricane Ian

Fact check: Image shows Daytona speedway after heavy rain in 2009, not after Hurricane Ian

A photo that shows a flooded portion of Daytona International Speedway was taken after heavy rain in 2009, not after Hurricane Ian.

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Fact check: Jan. 6 committee could make referrals to Justice Department, can't order arrest usatoday.com/story/news/fact… via @usatoday
Fact check: Jan. 6 committee could make referrals to Justice Department, can't order arrest

Fact check: Jan. 6 committee could make referrals to Justice Department, can't order arrest

The committee does not have the power to arrest anyone, only to make recommendations to the Justice Department, which wouldn't have to investigate.

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For professional fact-checkers, it was like discovering Bigfoot is real. nyti.ms/3rhaBK6
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Fact check: 1.4M children younger than 5 years old in US have received COVID-19 vaccine usatoday.com/story/news/fact… via @usatoday
Fact check: 1.4M children younger than 5 years old in US have received COVID-19 vaccine

Fact check: 1.4M children younger than 5 years old in US have received COVID-19 vaccine

A post spreading on social media significantly understates how many children in the U.S. have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Fact check: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine raised costs for new wind energy projects usatoday.com/story/news/fact… via @usatoday

Fact check: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine raised costs for new wind energy projects

The cost to maintain wind turbines won’t change much due to the Ukraine war, but new projects will be more expensive, experts say.

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‘Putin Is a Fool’: Intercepted Calls Reveal Russian Army in Disarray — via @NYTimes nytimes.com/interactive/2022…
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Fact check: False claim video shows astronaut in front of green screen usatoday.com/story/news/fact…

Fact check: False claim that video shows NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg in front of green screen

The woman in a viral video is not astronaut Karen Nyberg. She's Paige Windle, the partner of David Weiss, who hosts the “The Flat Earth Podcast."

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Fact check: Misinterpretation leads to false claim about Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and pregnancy usatoday.com/story/news/fact… via @usatoday
Fact check: Misinterpretation leads to false claim about Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and pregnancy

Fact check: Misinterpretation leads to false claim about Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and pregnancy

Multiple studies have found people who received a COVID-19 vaccine just before or during early pregnancy were not at increased risk for miscarriage.

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