Misleading
South Korea study isn’t evidence that COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer
Claim:
South Korea study shows COVID-19 vaccines increase the risk of cancer
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Source: YouTube, Children's Health Defense, Vigilant Fox, Twitter/X, John Campbell, Michael Nevradakis, Nicolas Hulscher, 2025-10-07 -
IncorrectThe June 2020 spike in U.S. COVID-19 cases indicates a rising percentage of infections and is not simply an artifact of more testing
Claim:
“There's a ‘spike’ in [COVID-19] cases because there's a spike in testing.”
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InaccurateConspiracy theory about the deaths of alternative medicine practitioners ignores evidence, misrepresents certain doctors
Claim:
Doctors murdered to protect Big Pharma profits and silence holistic health practitioners
Source: TikTok, Katryna Benson, 2023-07-04 -
-1.7Very lowDaily Wire article misunderstands study on carbon budget (along with Fox News, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, Breitbart…)
…very clear that the author of this article did not read the scientific article he is reporting on. Notes: [1] See the rating guidelines used for article evaluations. [2] Each…
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Can mistletoe cure cancer?
…reported a positive effect, and one reported no effect of mistletoe[10]. Finally, scientific institutions have weighed in on the matter. The U.S. National Cancer Institute concluded that there was no…
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MisleadingClaims that a “Johns Hopkins study” showed lockdowns are ineffective at reducing COVID-19 mortality are based on a working paper with questionable methods
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“Lockdowns only reduced COVID-19 mortality by .2%, study finds”
Source: Daily Mail, Fox News, Paul Best, Connor Boyd, Gina Martinez, 2022-02-02 -
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 -
0.3NeutralThinkProgress story on thawing Alaskan tundra generally accurate but somewhat misleading
…correct in general. The main weakness is in linking the solidly evidence-based observed changes from the Commane et al paper with much more speculative links such as the Siberian methane…
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1HighGuardian coverage of essay on potential of future "hothouse" climate is generally accurate, but misstates some details
…Associate, Harvard University This article does a decent job reporting on a recent scientific paper. Admittedly it’s a tricky article to report on. The original article in PNAS asks the…