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Articles tagged with: Correction
ARTICLE REVIEWS
Western Journal op-ed deceives readers with completely unsupported claims
in The Western Journal, by Jay Lehr, Tom Harris
— 26 Feb 2019
"What would make their case stronger would be if they actually analysed all the data, engaged with the existing scientific literature and made their own contribution to our scienti..
Scientists explain what New York Magazine article on “The Uninhabitable Earth” gets wrong
in New York Magazine, by David Wallace-Wells
— 12 Jul 2017
"While it is clear that ongoing warming of the global climate would eventually have very severe consequences, the concept of the Earth becoming uninhabitable within anywhere near t..
ThinkProgress story on thawing Alaskan tundra generally accurate but somewhat misleading
in Think Progress, by Joe Romm
— 19 May 2017
"The writing is a bit over the top, but factually correct in general. The main weakness is in linking the solidly evidence-based observed changes from the Commane et al paper with ..
The Daily Wire makes wild claims about climate change based on no evidence
in The Daily Wire, by Joseph Curl
— 09 May 2017
"The article contains little to no rational treatment of observational data, but relies on heavily biased secondhand interpretation... Even the title is based on a lie. There is no..
Analysis of “Scientists: Here’s What Really Causes Climate Change (And It Has Nothing To Do With Human Beings)”
in The Daily Wire, by James Barrett
— 28 Feb 2017
"The article misuses a Nature article on a geological process 90 millions years ago to argue the warming of the past century is not anthropogenic. It seems the reasoning is ideolog..
Analysis of “Scientists warn of ‘global climate emergency’ over shifting jet stream”
in The Independent, by Gabriel Samuels
— 06 Jul 2016
"This article makes little sense. It uses scientific jargon, such as in the last paragraph, to make it sound "scientific", but uses it so loosely that it has no meaning. I do not s..
Analysis of “Updated NASA Data: Global Warming Not Causing Any Polar Ice Retreat”
in Forbes, by James Taylor
— 29 Oct 2015
"This article discusses land and sea ice interchangebly and appears to confuse the two. This is a fundamental error, equivalent in other fields to confusing house and senate, or an..
Analysis of “The Point of No Return: Climate Change Nightmares Are Already Here”
in Rolling Stone, by Eric Holthaus
— 12 Aug 2015
"The article rightly communicates the urgency and seriousness of human-induced climate change, [...] However, by the title, subtitle, and overall framing, it is likely to give an i..
Analysis of “Earth heading for ‘mini ice age’ within 15 years”
in The Telegraph, by Dan Hyde
— 30 Jul 2015
"The whole argument in the article rests on the incorrect myth that the Maunder minimum caused a "mini ice age" and uses that name to draw specious implications and conclusions.
Analysis* of Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato Si
in Vatican.va, by Pope Francis
— 22 Jun 2015
"The evidence presented in support of the anthropogenic footprint of environmental problems in general and climate change in particular was overall accurate and relevant. "
CLAIM REVIEWS
Scientific evidence doesn’t support the claim that induced abortion increases the risk of breast cancer and mental illness
CLAIM
Abortion increases the risk of breast cancer, mental illness, and preterm labor
SOURCE: Christina Francis, George Delgado, Newsmax
Published: 23 May 2022
VERDICT
DARPA developed a hydrogel sensor which monitors blood for infections at early stages, not a microchip for COVID-19 identification or location tracker
CLAIM
“Pentagon develops microchip that detects COVID under your skin”; Pentagon microchip can track your location
SOURCE: Ben Swann, Truth In Media
Published: 22 Apr 2021
VERDICT
The CDC didn’t introduce a “major rule change” to inflate COVID-19 deaths; there have been more than 490,000 excess deaths in the U.S. to date
CLAIM
“CDC illegally inflated the COVID fatality number by at least 1,600 percent”; “the NVSS COVID-19 Alert No. 2 [deemphasized] underlying causes of death [...] by recording them in Part II rather than Part I of death certificates [...] This was a major rule change [...] from the 2003 guidance on certification of death
SOURCE: Patty McMurray, Gateway Pundit
Published: 14 Feb 2021
VERDICT
Most positive COVID-19 PCR test results are true positives; WHO information notice didn’t change threshold or criteria for a positive COVID-19 test
CLAIM
“WHO Admits High-Cycle PCR Tests Produce COVID False Positives”; the WHO’s new guidance includes lower PCR thresholds
SOURCE: Joseph Mercola, David Samedi, Zero Hedge, Children’s Health Defense
Published: 25 Jan 2021
VERDICT
People who received the COVID-19 vaccine aren’t more likely to develop facial paralysis than people who didn’t receive the vaccine
CLAIM
“13 Israelis suffer FACIAL PARALYSIS after taking Pfizer Covid jab”
SOURCE: Anonymous, RT (Russia Today)
Published: 19 Jan 2021
VERDICT
People who do not show COVID-19 symptoms can and do transmit it to others; physical distancing and face masks effectively reduce the risk of transmission
CLAIM
The WHO stated that asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 is “very rare”, therefore physical distancing and face masks are not necessary
SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook
Published: 14 Jun 2020
VERDICT
Scientific evidence indicates virus that causes COVID-19 infection is of natural origin, not the result of human engineering
CLAIM
evidence points to SARS-CoV-2 research being carried out at the Wuhan Institute of Virology
SOURCE: Steven W. Mosher, New York Post, Daily Wire, InfoWars
Published: 05 Mar 2020
VERDICT
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. misrepresents WHO causality assessment for adverse events following vaccination, wrongly claims it enables cover-up of vaccine deaths
CLAIM
[It] is nearly impossible to categorize post-vaccine deaths as vaccine-related
SOURCE: Baxter Dmitry, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Children's Health Defense, NewsPunch
Published: 15 Oct 2019
VERDICT
Data shows the Earth is currently warmer globally than at any time in the past 2,000 years
CLAIM
Earth’s mean temperature over the last 2,000 years shows two previous periods when temperatures were warmer than they are now; from 1–200 A.D., an epoch called the Roman Warm Period, and more recently the Medieval Warm Period from 900–1100 A.D.
SOURCE: Gregory Rummo, Townhall
Published: 26 Jul 2019
VERDICT
Marijuana has significant health risks, contrary to claims by Internet meme
CLAIM
Marijuana is non-addictive, cures cancer, and grows brain cells
SOURCE: Anonymous, Truth Teller
Published: 25 Apr 2019
VERDICT
INSIGHTS
BBC Today airs false statements by Lord Lawson in the name of balance
— 10 Aug 2017
On Thursday August 10, BBC Radio 4’s “Today” broadcasted an interview in which Nigel Lawson commented on Al Gore’s new film sequel to “An Inconvenient Truth”—and on G...
Daily Wire updates its article, but it still conveys false information
— 16 May 2017
The author has removed two paragraphs and changed the title, but the new version of the article does not contain any mention of the fact that the article has been updated.