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Bringing clarity to misleading claims about wind turbines’ costs, impacts on birds
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Wind turbines are killing bald eagles, and make you pay more for electricity
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Source: Gateway Pundit, Gregory Lyakhov, 2026-01-13 -
IncorrectHealth influencer Paul Saladino incorrectly attributes acne to autoimmunity
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Acne is an autoimmune condition; removing vegetables from your diet can treat autoimmunity
Source: TikTok, Instagram, Twitter/X, Paul Saladino, 2026-01-24 -
InaccurateViral claims that cows and beef are climate solutions ignore the impacts of cattle farms
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Cows are carbon-negative; to tackle climate change, we need to raise more cows and eat more beef.
Source: X/Twitter, TikTok, Social media user, 2025-12-18 -
UnsupportedSouth Korea study does not show COVID-19 vaccines weaken immune system
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South Korea study shows COVID-19 vaccines “eroded immune function across an entire country—and likely the entire globe”
Source: X/Twitter, The Focal Points, Vigilant Fox, Nicolas Hulscher, 2025-11-11 -
UnsupportedMore research needed to determine if vitamin D helps treat fibroids
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“Number 1 vitamin to help shrink fibroids” is vitamin D
Source: TikTok, Social media users, Eric Berg, 2024-05-24 -
MisleadingSouth Korea study isn’t evidence that COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer
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South Korea study shows COVID-19 vaccines increase the risk of cancer
Source: Twitter/X, YouTube, Children's Health Defense, Vigilant Fox, John Campbell, Michael Nevradakis, Nicolas Hulscher, 2025-10-07 -
MisleadingSignificant flaws in Henry Ford study used to claim childhood vaccines cause harm
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Unpublished study from Henry Ford Health System shows unvaccinated children are healthier
Source: X/Twitter, Aaron Siri, Nicolas Hulscher, Marjorie Taylor Greene, 2025-09-09 -
Lacks contextDo renewables need a second grid?
Chris Wright’s claims that renewables require to maintain a second grid and are always more expensive leave out crucial context about how electric grids work.
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InaccurateNo, the ocean is not ‘cooling’, contrary to viral claims – it’s been warming at an accelerating rate
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Global ocean temperatures have been cooling, proving there is no global warming.
Source: X/Twitter, Peter Clack, 2025-07-20 -
Lacks contextWide Awake Media repeats misleading claims that wind turbines are expensive and environmentally unfriendly
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Building a single wind turbine requires a jaw-dropping quantity of energy and resources. Wind turbines are expensive, inefficient, bird-, and bat-slaying.
Source: X/Twitter, Wide Awake Media, 2025-07-18