Misleading
Contrary to widespread misrepresentation, new study finds “extremely minimal” impact of human breathing on climate
Claim:
Scientists say human breathing is fueling global warming
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Daily Mail
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Source: Daily Mail, Jonathan Chadwick, 2023-12-13 -
InaccurateDaily Mail article provides misleading interpretation on South Korean mask study to imply mask-wearing is dangerous
Claim:
“Mask study published by NIH suggests N95 Covid masks may expose wearers to dangerous level of toxic compounds linked to seizures and cancer”
Source: Daily Mail, Emily Joshu, 2023-08-27 -
MisleadingShort identical gene sequence in SARS-CoV-2 and a gene sequence patented by Moderna can be found in other organisms; not evidence that virus was engineered
Claim:
“scientists find virus contains tiny chunk of DNA that matches sequence patented by Moderna THREE YEARS before pandemic began”
Source: Daily Mail, Connor Boyd, 2022-02-23 -
MisleadingClaims that a “Johns Hopkins study” showed lockdowns are ineffective at reducing COVID-19 mortality are based on a working paper with questionable methods
Claim:
“Lockdowns only reduced COVID-19 mortality by .2%, study finds”
Source: Daily Mail, Fox News, Connor Boyd, Gina Martinez, Paul Best, 2022-02-02 -
AccurateA new, highly virulent HIV variant named VB variant was indeed identified in the Netherlands
Claim:
Highly infectious HIV 'VB' variant makes people ill twice as quickly
Source: Daily Mail, Emily Craig, 2022-02-03 -
IncorrectSpherical structures spotted on Mars likely rocks, insufficient water to grow fungus at the surface of Mars
Claim:
There is evidence for a variety of fungus-like organisms on Mars
Source: Daily Mail, Futurism, Ryan Morrison, Victor Tangerman, 2021-05-06 -
InaccurateBiden’s climate plan doesn’t say anything about limiting meat consumption, contrary to Daily Mail, Fox News claim
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Biden’s climate plan limits meat consumption by 90%; “Biden's climate plan could limit you to eat just one burger a MONTH”
Source: Daily Mail, Emily Crane, 2021-04-22 -
-2Very lowVideo interview of Ian Plimer at Sky News falsely claims that a new study announces an incoming ice age, partly based on an incorrect Daily Mail headline
“This video is chock full of false and misleading information, and presented in a way to make the correct scientific information seem like a farce. For example, the direct link between human emissions of carbon dioxide and global warming is very well established. The physics and chemistry of this link has been understood for well over 100 years, and science continues to affirm it.”
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-0.5LowDaily Mail article misleads with clickbait headline claiming cowpox-derived virus will “kill every type of cancer”
“This article substantially overhypes early pre-clinical work with a viral therapy that has not yet been tested in even the earliest stages of human clinical trials. The headline is particularly misleading as I can find only three published papers suggesting the therapy has efficacy in lung, breast and colorectal cancers in cell lines and mouse models only.”
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IncorrectClaim of a coming ice age misrepresents the study it relies on
Claim:
Scientists studying Antarctica sea ice warn a rise in accumulation could spark the next ice age.
Source: Daily Mail, Fox News, Chris Ciaccia, Stacy Liberatore, 2019-10-31