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Article claiming flu vaccine causes serious illness and death is misleading and inaccurate
Claim:
Formerly healthy people are suffering serious harm or even dying from taking the flu shot
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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.
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0.2NeutralGuardian story on climate impacts of diet gets mixed reviews from scientists
“The word “Avoiding” in title and text is overly strong and should have been “Reducing”. Adopting a vegan diet is not necessary, but a reduction to having meat 1-2 times a week and dairy 3-4 times a week would suffice. In fact, flexitarian diets utilize natural resources much more efficiently than vegan diets[1]. In the article, Peter Alexander is quoted saying something to the same effect.”
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-0.3NeutralStory on congressman's incorrect claims about sea level rise could have corrected them more explicitly
“The comments from the members of the Committee suffer from severe inaccuracies and misconceptions, and citations of the invited climate scientist mostly address those issues.
In general, the views that go against our understanding of the climate change process are underlined and presented as such by the author, but rarely supported by statements or explanations that go beyond the immediate replies from the invited climate scientist. Some of the inaccurate statements quoted in the text are thus left with an incomplete challenge.” -
+1.0HighBBC article on IPCC report is mostly accurate, but could use some clarification
“Scientifically, the article is overall correct, but it is in cases inaccurate in its description of certain aspects of the IPCC. For example, the IPCC does not conduct research, but assesses the available scientific evidence. The article also provides statements without context, despite this being essential for their interpretation.”
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+1.5Very highCNN accurately covers latest IPCC report
This CNN story covered the October release of the IPCC’s “Global Warming of 1.5 °C” report. The report, which was requested by governments during the 2015 Paris Agreement negotiations, details the impacts of 1.5 °C compared to 2 °C and the emissions cuts required to limit warming to either of those levels. Scientists who reviewed the story found that it conveyed the information in the report without any errors, and included comments by scientists to summarize the report’s implications.
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0.3NeutralNew Scientist article accurately summarises polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) research but overstates significance of animal studies
“I think that the title overstates the position with the present level of knowledge and is too sensationalist. The ‘ovarian cysts’ stated to typically characterize PCOS are not cysts but follicles and this may be misleading. On the positive side, the quotes from Professor Robert Norman are spot on and accurately quoted (see Annotations below).”
