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Le Monde
“globalement, l’honneur est à peu près sauf pour les journalistes. Les textes les plus trompeurs épinglés par Climate Feedback sont en effet généralement des tribunes rédigées par des personnalités extérieures aux organes de presse.”
Think Progress
““I think [Climate Feedback] is a really powerful thing. This is such a manipulated topic,” said Jeff Chanton, Florida State University. Climate change has indeed been seen as one of the worst examples of “false balance” in the press.”
“the most relevant use of the Hypothesis tool so far is by Climate Feedback, through which a large (and hopefully growing) network of scientists studying climate change and related subjects is applying a layer of external peer review and a reliability rating to news articles and commentary on global warming.”
Grist
“Here’s an open industry secret: Environmental and climate journalists are disseminating scientific information to the public, but most of us aren’t scientists. Neither are the fact-checkers.”
The Guardian
“We argue that scientists have a moral duty to speak up when they see misinformation masquerading as science. […] You can help them make their voices heard. We invite you to stand with us for a better internet. We invite you to stand with science.”
Big Think
“Climate Feedback’s website shows us trends in the media community. Websites which were once in high-standing in my own mind quickly fell from the pedestal.”
treehugger
“Not only is it important that inaccuracies in climate reporting from opposition groups be addressed and refuted, but it’s also important that well-intentioned but misleading environmental reporting also be corrected.”
Media Matters for America
“The approach Climate Feedback employs is unique in several respects. It borrows from the peer review process used to evaluate scientific research papers, ensuring that media coverage of climate science receives a similar level of scrutiny.”
Observer
“The scientists found each other through an organization called Climate Feedback, powered by Hypothesis. […] It is hard to argue that this isn’t annotation at its best. Each note deepens the conversation, leads to additional sources and provides meaningful context.”
Fast Company
“Even in some very prominent outlets there are sometimes inaccuracies, and it can be very hard to know what is right, because you can hear one thing and then the opposite from one day to the next”