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Update on unofficial disinformation papers by David Legates

August 13, 2024January 13, 2021 by Dave
David Legates Publishing Disinformation and masquerading it as official has consequences

@WHOSTP has fired climate contrarians David Legates and @RyanMaue days before their last scheduled day of service for their latest fiasco.

Categories Climate Change, fake news, Fake News, news, People, society Tags climate, David Legates, mininformation, OSTP Leave a comment

Disinformation Vaccines

March 24, 2024November 13, 2020 by Dave
Disinformation

What strategies can be adopted to successfully counter misinformation, is there an effective vaccine that will immunize you against the lies?

Categories Critical Thinking, fake news, Fake News, Skepticism, society Tags disinformation, prebunking, vaccines Leave a comment

QAnon Watch: 2 Oct Update – #QAnon

June 28, 2023October 2, 2020 by Dave
QAnon

QAnon Watch: 2 Oct – Notes on some further insights into the QAnon cult that have popped up during past week.

Categories conspiracy, fake news, Fake News, media, Mythology, nutters, Skepticism, society Tags conspiracy, QAnon Leave a comment

QAnon watch – a brief update

August 9, 2023September 25, 2020 by Dave
QAnon

QAnon Watch – Notes on some further insights into the QAnon cult that have popped up during past week. There has been some very good writing.

Categories conspiracy, Fake News, fake news, kooks, media, nutters, politics, religion, Skepticism, society Tags QAnon Leave a comment

Why are Conspiracy Theories flourishing?

February 11, 2024August 28, 2020 by Dave
Conspiracy

Conspiracy theories have become very popular, more are embracing them. Why is it like this and what can you do when faced with a believer?

Categories Fake News, fake news, politics, psychology, Skepticism, society Tags conspiracy, plandemic, QAnon Leave a comment

Building a wall in the English Channel

May 20, 2024August 14, 2020 by Dave
building a wall

A GoFundMe campaign for building a wall in the english channel to keep immigrants out has started. It is real or is something else going on?

Categories Critical Thinking, fake news, Humor, Skepticism Leave a comment
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