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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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    Russia's role in promoting conspiracy theories

    Across the World Russia has sought to destabilize non-allied governments by using bots, trolls, misinformation from their state controlled media (RT & Sputnik). One of the primary tools they have used has been propaganda to create division, distrust and smear campaigns. In another thread I...
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    Your views on 'What makes a source (of information) reliable'?

    From the posting guidelines: This is intended as a 'Meta-level' discussion focused on getting the input/viewpoints of others as to: What makes a source (of information) reliable? When Googling that phrase there are hundred's of millions of results from various sources, most prominently are...
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    Acknowledging and Confronting our own biases

    I am posting this to spur a Meta-level discussion where people can share their experiences in acknowledging and confronting their own biases. Not everyone here has an 'out of the rabbit hole' story, but maybe they have a story to share where they confronted their own intellectual biases. We all...
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    Google News Will Start Highlighting Fact Check Stories In Results

    This is very good News! This first showed up in my News feed from LifeHacker on Facebook, and the original source is the story below. Link to Google story Labeling fact-check articles in Google News Richard Gingras HEAD OF NEWSGOOGLE Over the last several years, fact checking has come into...
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    Psychology Today article: 'Reasoned Sense would be better than Common Sense'

    [IMHO] All too often people rely on their own limited experience, without any actual research, to form opinions and draw conclusions. They rely on what is commonly referred to as 'common sense' and we regularly see where this leads them to an incorrect conclusion. With most people in the...
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    Study: 'On the Viability of Conspiratorial Beliefs

    Link to the full article that I found about this study on BBC Science Excerpts A conspiracy theory is very unlikely to be true because, sooner or later, one of the conspirators will blow its cover, a study suggests. The research examines how long alleged conspiracies could "survive" before...
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    Fareed Zakaria: An angry victim of the Internet misinformation websites, speaks out

    Wikipedia Fareed Rafiq Zakaria is an Indian-born American journalist and author. He is the host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS and writes a weekly column for The Washington Post. He has been a columnist for Newsweek, editor of Newsweek International, and an editor-at-large of Time. He is the...
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    Debunked: Monsanto wants to replace the bees they are killing with genetically engineered flying ant

    Once again the Conspiracy Promotion websites saw a Satirical story and without checking for any sources to verify anything, they went nuts in their usual hate for Monsanto, reposting this satirical story thinking it was real. This was already covered here in Metabunk prior to the Conspiracy...
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    Why we debunk and who do we reach.

    There have been other threads started about 'why we debunk' that CTers started in order to cast aspersions about why people would debunk.They do not seem to grasp the idea that there are people that would take the time to dispel falsehoods without someone paying them to do so. I, on the other...
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    San Diego Chemtrail group to 'educate' & Protest Scientists/Doctors

    Socal Skywatch (aka. Syd Stevens, aka. Timothy Svetz) is arranging to have his chemtrail people (and their children) in San Diego, in conjunction with the Global March Against Chemtrails And Geoengineering San Diego on 4/25 2015, hand out flyers to the participants of the Pediatric Academic...
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    How to search for an image on Metabunk (and other websites)

    A simple how to search for an image on Metabunk (and other websites) Let's say you see an image somewhere online and you wish to see if the image has already been posted on Metabunk. Let's take this image found in an article online at ThinkProgress.org . Denmark Sets World Record For...
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    More scare-mongering, now about GMOs in beer, from Organics.org

    The Organic Consumers Association has been the driving force behind much of the anti-GMO propaganda and the Millions Against Monsanto campaign, which was the predecessor to March Against Monsanto. This time a website called 'organics.org' has issued a list of 8 Beers That You Should Stop...
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    The Anti Media, makes bogus claim that "CDC admits Ebola could be airborne"

    The fear-mongering conspiracy website called 'The Anti Media' that is run by the same person that is the organizer and founder of March Against Monsanto, Nick Bernbabe has this headline and story, fortunately based on the comments, not everyone is fooled.: Link CDC Admits Ebola Could Be...
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    Hoax: Madagascar Pranks March Against Monsanto

    Madagascar Against Monsanto: A Hoax to Promote Quality Science Discussions! Madagascar Pranks March Against Monsanto - What is the difference? To my new friends from March Against Monsanto: I apologize, I have tricked you for many days now, and I must now stop because I am getting scared of...
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    foreignpolicy.com: The Pentagon Has a Plan to Stop the Zombie Apocalypse. Seriously.

    Always important to read the full article.... :) Link Exclusive: The Pentagon Has a Plan to Stop the Zombie Apocalypse. Seriously. Everything you need to know about the U.S. military’s defense strategy to protect humanity from the walking dead. BY GORDON LUBOLD MAY 13, 2014 GORDON.LUBOLD...
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    Gawker article: Why I Write About (and Debunk) the Chemtrail Conspiracy Theory

    Saw this article published today on Gawker that at the end attributes images to Metabunk... perhaps the author is a forum contributor. It was a pleasant surprise that the comments had not been overwhelmed by the chemtrail theorists calling the author a shill. Link Why I Write About (and...
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    Natural News: Some of the misinformation found there

    One of the big conspiracy profiteering websites is Natural News. This thread is meant to draw attention to misinformation they claim to be news, but is just plain old BS and sensationalization. The headlines below link to threads that expose some of the falsehoods found on the site. Debunked...
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    Report: New ozone-destroying chemicals found in atmosphere

    This is just a short excerpt from the Guardian article, here is the link to the full article. It seems that this is likely to make the rounds on conspiracy websites before long. Mysterious compounds undermining recovery of giant ozone hole over Antarctica, scientists warn • Newly discovered...
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    Debunked: "Government Labels those who Grow Their Own Food ‘Extremists’"

    The claim: Government Labels those who Grow Their Own Food ‘Extremists’ Updated: Wednesday, 12 February 2014 09:38 | By Zelena Those who mean to lord over us, such as the Department of Defense, have now called people who grow their own food ‘radical’ and extremists. Sound familiar? It’s...
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