Misleading
Claim that not all smokers develop lung discoloration ignores severe health risks linked to smoking
Claim:
The black lung lie: It’s the widespread belief that smokers’ lungs turn black.
Search results for: "Incline Chest Press Machine"
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Source: cfrankdavis.wordpress.com, Frank Davis, 2012-08-06 -
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Consensus Credibility Scores: a comprehensive dataset of Web domains’ credibility
…compress the vast majority of the other ratings into a narrow range). When the rater used categories, the score assigned to each category depended on the rater’s own description of…
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InaccurateFalse claims that pandemic treaty abolishes nations’ sovereignty and allows WHO to impose health policies circulate on social media
Claim:
Countries that sign pandemic treaty cede their sovereignty to the WHO, allowing WHO to control domestic policies, force vaccination, lockdowns, and arrest of vaccine opponents
Source: The People’s Voice, Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 2024-06-06 -
Lacks contextA safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine for children would protect children and at-risk people by reducing the virus’ spread
Claim:
Survival is over 99.9% so 'why are they insisting that children get this experimental treatment?'; 'mRNA vaccines are not vaccines but an mRNA treatment'
Source: Wendy Bell Radio, Wendy Bell, 2021-05-04 -
Lacks contextSome evidence that wind turbines can harm eagles, but more are killed by other causes
Claim:
Windmills are a threat to eagles’ population.
Source: Instagram, X/Twitter, Social media users, 2025-01-16 -
1.5Very highThe Atlantic accurately explores climate context for Tropical Storm Harvey
…every one degree increase in sea surface temperature, the saturation vapor pressure increases by about 7% based on the “Clausius-Clapeyron” equation. There’s also an assumption that hurricanes will likely get…
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-2Very lowThe Australian publishes "deeply ill-informed" opinion on climate by Ian Plimer
…metric tonnes of Carbon per year, or only roughly 20-25 % of the annual human-caused CO2 emissions. This number is supported by models and measurements of the partial pressure of…
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IncorrectNo evidence COVID-19 vaccines caused rise in U.S. infant mortality for 2022 reported by the CDC, contrary to implication in Facebook meme
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccination of pregnant women is connected to an increase in U.S. infant mortality rate in 2022
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IncorrectScientific evidence shows fluoride in water and toothpaste is safe at recommended levels
Claim:
Fluoridated toothpaste can be deadly to children; fluoride causes dental fluorosis, cavities, and cancer
Source: Facebook, Ty Bollinger, 2024-11-27