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Western US wildfires are not the result of widespread arson
Claim:
a distressing number of the [West coast] fires are not accidents, and willful arson is the cause.
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Source: We The Governed, Glen Morgan, 2020-09-10 -
-2Very lowAnalysis of “Wake up, Obama, climate change has been happening forever”
…Fund This article is plagued with inaccurate information, flawed logic, and quotes from individuals who lack climate science merit. Notes: [1] See the rating guidelines used for article evaluations. [2]…
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InaccurateSea levels have risen for over 100 years, despite misleading photos shared on social media
Claim:
Sea-level rise is not occurring or showing any impacts, based on photographic evidence.
Source: Facebook, 2024-06-06 -
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Accurate information is the foundation of a functioning democracy We help the public navigate science, cutting through confusion and combating misinformation. Read Science Feedback Mission & Vision Science Feedback is…
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InaccuratePCR-based COVID-19 tests aren’t cloning devices and don’t modify the human genome
Claim:
“PCR kits have never been about testing for COVID” [...] They’re cloning devices”
Source: The Stew Peters Network, Ariyana Love, 2022-12-29 -
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…or read them so superficially that the author of the post did not realize he was sometimes quoting from general background material and not the actual findings of the papers…
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InaccurateWearing face masks helps reduce the spread of COVID-19, but it only confers partial protection and should be combined with additional public health measures
Claim:
“Mask mandates do nothing to stop [the spread of] COVID[-19]”; There is “overwhelming scientific evidence” that masks do not work
Source: The Federalist, Yinon Weiss, 2020-10-29 -
Insights from 8 Months of Monitoring Climate Misinformation on French TV and Radio: Scale and Narratives
Summary Over the course of eight months, Science Feedback and its partners Data for Good and QuotaClimat monitored how climate misinformation circulated on French television and radio. The results are…
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AccurateIt's true that the current carbon dioxide level is higher than any time in human existence
Claim:
the concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere has climbed to a level last seen more than 3 million years ago — before humans even appeared on the rocky ball we call home
Source: NBC News, Denise Chow, 2019-05-14 -
Responding to Stossel TV video on our rating process
…straight. Stossel complains that we should not have rated his post using a claim review of a quote that does not appear in his video. This is a misunderstanding of…