First Draft analyzed 9722 fact checks to tell the story of Covid-19 misinformation

October 1, 2020 bill gates, fauci

Archived 6 years ago from Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard
First Draft analyzed 9722 fact checks to tell the story of Covid-19 misinformation

Editor’s note: Here at Nieman Lab, we’re long-time fans of the work being done at First Draft, which is working to protect communities around the world from harmful information (sign up for its daily and weekly briefings). On January 15, Philippines-based outlet Rappler debunked a claim circulating …

Big tech censorship collusion continues as Facebook follows Twitter’s lead and squelches interview with “rogue” Chinese scientist who says COVID-19 was engineered in a lab

COVID-19

October 1, 2020 big tech, china

Archived 6 years ago from Natural News
Big tech censorship collusion continues as Facebook follows Twitter’s lead and squelches interview with “rogue” Chinese scientist who says COVID-19 was engineered in a lab

When the big tech behemoths all announced after the 2016 election they were going to begin ‘fact-checking’ posts because of all that ‘Russian misinformation’ that led to Donald Trump winning the White House, we knew what they meant. The platforms were not interested in ‘fact-checking’ anything …

VAX PANIC: US plans to ship first approved coronavirus vaccine a day after FDA gives the green light

COVID-19

October 1, 2020 antivax, cdc

Archived 6 years ago from Natural News
VAX PANIC: US plans to ship first approved coronavirus vaccine a day after FDA gives the green light

Federal health officials said Sept. 16 that the U.S. government is planning to ship out any coronavirus vaccines within 24 hours after approval by regulators. The rapid shipment of any approved vaccine after authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was included in a playbook that …

Study finds ‘single largest driver’ of coronavirus misinformation to be Donald Trump

COVID-19

September 30, 2020 china, fauci, trump

Archived 6 years ago from Deccan Herald
Study finds ‘single largest driver’ of coronavirus misinformation to be Donald Trump

Of the flood of misinformation, conspiracy theories and falsehoods seeding the internet on the coronavirus, one common thread stands out: President Donald Trump. That is the conclusion of researchers at Cornell University who analyzed 38 million articles about the pandemic in English-language media …

Fake news and conspiracy theories can be defeated by government transparency and the sharing of knowledge – Catherine Stihler

COVID-19

September 30, 2020 china

Archived 6 years ago from The Scotsman
Fake news and conspiracy theories can be defeated by government transparency and the sharing of knowledge – Catherine Stihler

NewsOpinionColumnists Amid the coronavirus crisis, some nations – including Brazil and, surprisingly, Scotland – sought to impose restrictions on the right to information, writes Catherine Stihler. Thursday, 1st October 2020, 7:00 am A medical worker handles blood samples as part of tests for …

COVID-19

September 30, 2020 cdc

Archived 6 years ago from Journal Review
Letter: Fact-based news will help defeat COVID-19

It was upsetting to read the letter to the editor published Sept. 16, in which the writer was questioning information about COVID-19. I assume the writer posed many of her questions to imply that the pandemic is a planned hoax, as many of her questions/statements were based on conspiracy theories …

COVID-19

September 30, 2020 antivax, bill gates

Archived 6 years ago from Natural News
Myelitis observed in two COVID-19 vaccine trial participants is a common vaccine injury

The makers of the frontrunner COVID-19 vaccine, AstraZeneca and Oxford University, were quick to downplay the illness that caused their clinical trials in five countries to come to a screeching halt earlier in September. However, the condition at the heart of the move, transverse myelitis, is …

Study Finds ‘Single Largest Driver’ of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump

COVID-19

September 30, 2020 china, fauci, trump

Archived 6 years ago from The New York Times
Study Finds ‘Single Largest Driver’ of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump

WASHINGTON — Of the flood of misinformation, conspiracy theories and falsehoods seeding the internet on the coronavirus, one common thread stands out: President Trump. That is the conclusion of researchers at Cornell University who analyzed 38 million articles about the pandemic in English-language …

COVID-19

September 30, 2020 antivax, bill gates, cdc, chloroquine, fauci

Archived 6 years ago from Global Research
Hydroxychloroquine is a Cheap and Effective Remedy for COVID-19: Anthony Fauci’s “Big Lie”

With a grand jury approach, the revealing of evidence herein shows that Dr. Anthony Fauci has deliberately ignored massive amounts of data showing that hydroxychloroquine is a safe, cheap and effective remedy for COVID-19. By ignoring his ethical responsibility as a physician to first do no harm, …

COVID-19

September 30, 2020 fauci

Archived 6 years ago from Natural News
BOMBSHELL: Former Pfizer executive says covid-19 “pandemic is over,” so-called “second wave” based on fraudulent testing

Despite claims by Anthony Fauci and others that Americans should brace for a “second wave” of the Wuhan coronavirus (covid-19), former Pfizer Chief Science Officer Dr. Mike Yeadon says this is nothing but fear-mongering based on junk science and fraud. A former vice president at the pharmaceutical …

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