Misleading
Earth was hotter in the past, but that doesn’t make humans safer from modern climate change
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It is not too hot now. Temperatures and CO2 are lower now than they have been throughout nearly the entire history of the Earth.
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Source: X/Twitter, Wide Awake Media, Patrick Moore, 2025-01-07 -
MisleadingViral video makes inaccurate claims regarding sugar; suggests it causes medical conditions like cancer and ADHD
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Sugar causes ADHD in babies, dementia and Alzheimer's in adults, cancer
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Twitter/X, Social media users, 2023-09-15 -
MisleadingVaccines, treatments reduced public health threat posed by COVID-19, explaining different approach in 2024 compared to 2020
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COVID-19 has been like the flu since the beginning of the pandemic
Source: Instagram, Instagram users, 2024-03-02 -
InaccurateSocial media posts wrongly claim that herbs can cure every disease including cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s
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“There is a cure to every d!isease”; herbs can cure cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2023-11-06 -
InaccurateLila Rose claim that “abortion is never medically necessary” is inaccurate; it is necessary in certain cases to preserve mother’s life
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Abortion is never medically necessary
Source: Young America's Foundation, Lila Rose, 2019-08-09 -
Who’s afraid of the electric car? The Narrative War Delaying Climate Action in Europe
…in the narrative. Clarity from the institutions: many narratives attack European institutions. It is essential to explain policies and their local benefits transparently. Anticipate hoaxes: trying to inform before they…
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IncorrectCarbon isotopes do not show that humans’ climate impacts are too small to notice, despite the Daily Sceptic’s inaccurate claim
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Human-caused carbon emissions’ effect on climate is ‘non-discernible’. Measurements of carbon isotope ratios in atmospheric CO2 indicate that it is the recent expansion of a more productive biosphere that has led to increased CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere.
Source: Daily Sceptic, Chris Morrison, 2024-04-08 -
UnsupportedClaim that herbs and mushrooms listed in Nicole Apelian’s book “The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies” are cures for herpes and HIV is baseless
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Several natural products like plants and mushrooms are a cure for herpes and HIV infection
Source: Facebook, Social media user, 2024-12-17 -
-2Very lowCommentary in The Australian by Ian Plimer relies on false claims to make its case
…energy investment (EROI) of photovoltaics: Methodology and comparisons with fossil fuel life cycles, Energy Policy “As soon as renewables were introduced into the grid, electricity prices increased and delivery became…
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Lacks contextDo renewables need a second grid?
…common in coming years. The data we have suggests that increasing the amount of solar and wind on the grid doesn’t increase the price that customers pay for electricity. Wright’s…