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  1. Critical Thinker

    Claim: Correlations Between Media Preference and Coronavirus Infection Rates

    The mod created this thread with the name "Claim: Correlations Between Media Preference and Coronavirus Infection Rates". The Washington Post article is titled, " New research explores how conservative media misinformation may have intensified the severity of the pandemic ". I fail to see where...
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    Claim: Correlations Between Media Preference and Coronavirus Infection Rates

    Throughout Metabunk are references to the importance of having reliable sources of information and that various outlets like Infowars, NaturalNews, RussiaToday, Sputnik and others often make false claims to support a political narrative. Within the US people have responded differently to the...
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    Local Perspectives on Coronavirus re-openings

    I trust the Mainstream Media generally, with exceptions for those outlets that repeatedly misinform without issuing corrections. Why do you feel that "people need to stop believing MSM"? I realize that websites like Infowars also push people not to believe the press that reports on what the...
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    Local Perspectives on Coronavirus re-openings

    A lot of people across the spectrum have raised concerns that the CDC is not acting independently of the administration's political agenda and people within the administration and the GOP have stated there is a desire to add more political appointees within the agency. I, for one, do not believe...
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    Local Perspectives on Coronavirus re-openings

    With the concept/word socialism being referred to a number of times in this thread it would be good to have a common understanding of the definition of socialism compliments of the Online MERRIAM-WEBSTER dictionary: There doesn't seem to be any indication that mandating citizens to take...
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    How Fake News Goes Viral

    From PolitiFact: Health misinformation website rebrands as pro-Trump outlet to get around ban from Facebook About Natural News (owned and operated by Mike Adams), which had been banned from Facebook and what I found really informative was that
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    Gadgets, gizmos and snake oil

    For the low low price of over $350 you can buy a USB stick that the promoters claim is an anti-5G Bio Shield. The BBC (among others) have already wasted their money, so that we don't have to! A device costing more than £300 promises to protect your family from the supposed dangers of 5G...
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    Gadgets, gizmos and snake oil

    Surprisingly one of the more popular bogus 'cure all's' being marketed that hasn't found a place in this thread, although there are numerous references to it throughout Metabunk is Colloidal Silver. So when this headline caught my attention it seemed an appropriate time to add it to the list...
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    Russia's role in promoting conspiracy theories

    From the BBC: Coronavirus: Russian media hint at US conspiracy
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    Climate change forum section?

    In Summary: When scientists reviewed the studies that were published in scientific journals that created doubt about man-made Climate Change (that have been relied on by Climate Change deniers as their 'evidence' that 'we don't know for sure that man-made Climate Change is a fact') the result...
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    Russia's role in promoting conspiracy theories

    With another election on the horizon (when isn't one on the horizon?) and after the Mueller report's findings on the Russian propaganda efforts and citing that this is a continuing effort, I think it is worthwhile to keep an eye out for disinformation and contrived conspiracy theories aimed to...
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    Do Polls and Google Trends show Chemtrail Belief Declining?

    One change that YouTube had made, and has been mentioned in other threads, is the disclaimer on videos that promote the chemtrail conspiracy theory. I suspect that many of the chemtrail conspiracy theorists have been indoctrinated by means of seeing endless hours of uncontested claims made over...
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    Russia's role in promoting conspiracy theories

    From Yahoo News: Exclusive: The true origins of the Seth Rich conspiracy theory. A Yahoo News investigation. Michael Isikoff Chief Investigative Correspondent Yahoo News July 9, 2019 WASHINGTON — In the summer of 2016, Russian intelligence agents secretly planted a fake report claiming that...
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    Welcome Thread - New Members Post Here

    New members are encouraged to read the Posting Guidelines. Welcome to Metabunk. There is a Contrails and Chemtrails section that is focused on examining claims of evidence, many claims keep making the rounds despite the fact that they have been shown to be false or misleading at best...
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    What books are you reading ? (conspiracy related, science, etc...)

    Also available on YouTube, if you'd rather hear it read aloud from the floor of Congress.
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    Debunking: A Meta-Analysis of the Psychological Efficacy of Messages Countering Misinformation

    From Poynter.org : The ‘Liar’s Dividend’ is dangerous for journalists. Here’s how to fight it. Here’s the concept in a nutshell: Debunking fake or manipulated material like videos, audios or documents, ultimately could stoke belief in the fakery. As a result, even after the fake is exposed...
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    Chemtrail Lawsuit

    Is there any sort of financial disclosure information regarding their (Environmental Voices California) revenue and expenses? They seem to have a nonprofit status.
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    The psychology of the CT believers

    From ScienceAlert: There's a Troubling Link Between Believing Conspiracy Theories And Petty Crime People who believe in conspiracy theories might be more likely to engage in petty crime, and no, this is not a conspiracy. A new study from researchers at the University of Kent and Staffordshire...
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    Russia's role in promoting conspiracy theories

    From Politifact: How Russian trolls exploited Parkland mass shooting on social media Russian-linked social media accounts exploited the tragedy at a Parkland, Fla., high school to sow discord and deepen divisions in America. Russian bots and trolls pushed conspiracy theories about survivors...
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