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News article accurately reports negative impact of marijuana on teens’ intellectual development
Claim:
Marijuana could be making teens less intelligent
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Source: KHOU, Marcelino Benito, 2019-03-15 -
Partially correctE-cigarettes are less dangerous than smoking, but they are not harmless; long-term health effects remain debated
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While e-cigarettes may have milder effects on the lungs, they are just as bad - if not worse - for the cardiovascular system
Source: Daily Mail, Natalie Rahhal, 2018-09-12 -
InaccurateCaleb Rossiter falsely claims that climate models are "running very hot"
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The models predicted about three times the amount of warming in the world we’ve seen since [1988].
Source: The Hill, Caleb Rossiter, 2019-03-06 -
MisleadingSenator Sanders' claim that climate change is making tornadoes worse isn't supported by published research
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The science is clear, climate change is making extreme weather events, including tornadoes, worse.
Source: Facebook, Bernie Sanders, 2019-03-04 -
IncorrectMisleading article claiming “flu shots spread the flu” treats opinion as fact
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Flu shots spread the flu
Source: Natural News, Vicki Batts, 2019-02-13 -
UnsupportedArticle claiming flu vaccine causes serious illness and death is misleading and inaccurate
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Formerly healthy people are suffering serious harm or even dying from taking the flu shot
Source: Health Impact News, Brian Shilhavy, 2018-12-07 -
-2Very lowWestern Journal op-ed deceives readers with completely unsupported claims
“What would make their case stronger would be if they actually analysed all the data, engaged with the existing scientific literature and made their own contribution to our scientific understanding by publishing a scientific paper. The cherry picking exercise in this Western Journal article does not contribute to our scientific understanding of the world.”
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Lacks contextClaim that cows have more impact on climate than cars depends on the timescale
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Burping cows are more damaging to the climate than all the cars on this planet.
Source: Financial Times, Barclay's, 2019-02-19 -
UnsupportedJerusalem Post article makes premature claim on “first complete cure for cancer”, overstates research significance
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We believe we will offer in a year’s time a complete cure for cancer.
Source: The Jerusalem Post, Dan Aridor, 2019-01-28 -
+1.5Very highNew York Times' coverage of IPCC report clearly presents conclusions
This story in The New York Times covered the October release of the IPCC’s “Global Warming of 1.5 °C” report. Scientists who reviewed the story found that it provided an accurate and detailed summary of the report, though some statements about warming being “worse than previously thought” could have used some clarifying context.