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-1.4Very low
- Climate
Posted on: 2021-11-29
PragerU video on climate change repeats a range of misleading claims by Steven Koonin

“The author of this video, Dr. Steven Koonin, says he is following the scientific reports published by the UN and US government, but by subtly changing wording and choosing not to mention important context this video is very likely to mislead readers.
This style of selective wording and lack of context, an approach called “cherry picking”, applies to every one of Dr. Koonin’s scientific comments.”
Incorrect
- Climate
Posted on: 2021-01-27
PragerU post by Happer uses flawed reasoning to claim that climate models always fail

Claim:

"climate models that attempt to predict the future temperature of the planet...don’t work. They haven’t worked in the past. They don’t work now."; "the number of factors that influence climate—the sun, the earth’s orbital properties, oceans, clouds, and, yes, industrial man—is huge and enormously variable"; "CO2 is a minor contributor to the warming of the earth"

Source: PragerU, William Happer, 2021-01-24
Misleading
- Health
Posted on: 2020-12-24
PragerU video contains misleading claims about COVID-19 deaths, falsely claims 94% of COVID-19 deaths had pre-existing conditions

Claim:

“only 6% of COVID-19 deaths were caused by COVID-19 alone”; only 0.056% of the U.S. population has died from COVID-19

Source: PragerU, Will Witt, 2020-12-20
-2Very low
- Climate
Posted on: 2020-05-23
Video from PragerU makes several incorrect and misleading claims about climate change

This video discussing climate change was first published on PragerU’s website in April 2016 and recently posted on Facebook in May 2020. Scientists that evaluated the video found several claims about climate change to be incorrect and misleading to viewers.
Incorrect
- Climate
Posted on: 2020-05-18
The global polar bear population is threatened by loss of sea ice, contrary to PragerU's video claim

Claim:

The polar bear population has been growing. Polar bears are thriving even where sea ice is diminishing.

Source: PragerU, Anonymous, 2020-05-05
Misleading
- Climate
Posted on: 2020-02-21
Current climate warming is rapid and occurring on a global scale, unlike past periods of regional climate fluctuations

Claim:

Of course the climate is changing. It always has. It always will.

Source: PragerU, Patrick Moore, 2020-01-21

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PragerU video on climate change repeats a range of misleading claims by Steven Koonin

PragerU post by Happer uses flawed reasoning to claim that climate models always fail

PragerU video contains misleading claims about COVID-19 deaths, falsely claims 94% of COVID-19 deaths had pre-existing conditions

Video from PragerU makes several incorrect and misleading claims about climate change

The global polar bear population is threatened by loss of sea ice, contrary to PragerU's video claim

Current climate warming is rapid and occurring on a global scale, unlike past periods of regional climate fluctuations

Of the many factors that cause wildfires, the influence of climate change and human activities is growing

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