Posted on 05/22/2023 5:00:09 PM PDT by DallasBiff
A handful of “super polluter” publishers are mostly to blame for widespread misinformation about the climate crisis on Facebook, according to new research.
Ten publishers, among them the far-right news site Breitbart, once headed by ex-Trump advisor Steve Bannon, are responsible for nearly 70 percent of climate change denial on Facebook, according to a study from the Center for Countering Digital Hate. The “toxic ten” include several conservative U.S. outlets and Russian state media, according to the report.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Science doesn’t allow for a “consensus.” It’s either true or it’s not. Whenever a consensus is involved, it’s a psychological operation.
It’s not just you. They are as you say. I agree 100%
Me, I BELIEVE in climate change. Probably most everybody on this thread does.
Thousands of years ago my state was under ice nearly two miles high. The climate has always been changing.
I do NOT believe it’s created by humans.
It’s created by God.
Science doesn’t allow for a “consensus.” It’s either true or it’s not.
I call it junk science. Fake
I am not sure If I would put the WP or the Hill at the top of the misinformation publishers in America. They are so close.
Wow... sounds like maybe you need 10 people to make the case for your side. By the way, did you know we think it’s YOU who is pushing the disinformation?
Conservatives and Russians, you see.
They’re the ones responsible.
Shouldn’t this article be accompanied by hooked-nose rats & baby blood matzah cartoons?
"Consensus" in 1633 was the Pope making Galileo kneel as he was found “vehemently suspected of heresy.” He was then forced to “abandon completely the false opinion” of Copernicanism.
Climate Cultists are in the role of the Pope 390 years later.
“These top 10 climate deniers spread nearly 70 percent of misinformation on Facebook”
Probably doing the same regarding Ukraine, in their spare time.
Now that the Great Winter of 2023 is behind us, the climate cult can climb out from underneath their rugs to scream again.
Unfortunately this last winter proved beyond a reasonable doubt that they are completely WRONG
But of course that won’t stop them from babbling
They only sound like Nazis because they actually are fascists - all the way.
“Is it just me, but, do these lefties sound like nazi’s, if you disagree with their climate change orthodoxy.”
It’s not just you. Conservatives are being “othered” and soon disposing of them will be considered acceptable since the perpetrator was doing a service for society and “truth”.
I wonder when The Hill will do an article on the top 10 purveyors of the Russia/Trump collusion conspiracy which was created by Hillary Clinton,authorized by Obama and Biden, and then formalized by the DOJ/FBI/CIA and the media?
“By Imran Ahmed. CEO, CCDH (Center Countering Digital Hate)
Imran Ahmed is the founder and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate US/UK.
He is an authority on social and psychological malignancies on social media, such as
identity-based hate,
extremism,
disinformation, and
conspiracy theories.
He regularly appears on the media and in documentaries as an expert in how bad actors use digital spaces to harm others and benefit themselves,
as well as how and why bad platforms allow them to do so.
He advises politicians around the world on policy and legislation.
Imran was inspired to start the Center after seeing the rise of antisemitism on the left in the United Kingdom and
the murder of his colleague, Jo Cox MP,
by a white supremacist,
who had been radicalized in part online,
during the EU Referendum in 2016.
He holds an MA in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge.
Imran lives in Washington DC, and tweets at @Imi_Ahmed.
Our funders
The Center for Countering Digital Hate is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) that is funded by philanthropic trusts and members of the public.
If you or your organization wish to help fund our cause, please contact us.”
Boy, climate change propaganda was really a successful Russian misinformation campaign.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-36618619
The Labour MP Jo Cox died from “multiple stab and gunshot wounds”, an inquest into her death has heard.
The Batley and Spen MP, 41, was attacked in Birstall, West Yorkshire, on 16 June. She was due to hold a constituency surgery in the village.
Thomas Mair, 52, from Birstall, has been charged with her murder.
The inquest was opened and adjourned by coroner Martin Fleming during a six minute hearing at Bradford Coroner’s Court.
Det Supt Nick Wallen, of West Yorkshire Police, told the court it was immediately clear to paramedics and police the mother-of-two was very seriously injured.
The detective said she was pronounced dead by a doctor in an ambulance outside Birstall Library.
He confirmed a post-mortem examination had shown a preliminary cause of death as “multiple stab and gunshot wounds”.
The coroner said Mrs Cox’s body could now be released so the family can “get on with the grieving process”.
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Breitbart.............................................................................................................................................................. 12
2 The Western Journal.........................................................................................................................................13
3 Newsmax ...........................................................................................................................................................14
4 Townhall Media..................................................................................................................................................15
5 Media Research Center....................................................................................................................................16
6 The Washington Times..................................................................................................................................... 17
7 The Federalist Papers.......................................................................................................................................18
8 The Daily Wire....................................................................................................................................................19
9 Russian State Media ........................................................................................................................................20
10 The Patriot Post...............................................................................................................................................21
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A better list of their false claim.
Publisher Facebook Interactions % of Total Interactions
1 Breitbart 121,465 17.13%
2 The Western Journal 111,232 15.63%
3 Newsmax 70,460 9.90%
4 Townhall Media 46,729 6.57%
PJ Media 24,913 3.50%
Townhall 20,349 2.86%
Red State 1,339 0.19%
Twitchy 128 0.02%
5 Media Research Center 43,887 6.17%
NewsBusters 39,648 5.57%
CNS News 4,238 0.60%
MRCTV 1 0.00%
6 The Washington Times 43,170 6.07%
7 The Federalist Papers 17,443 2.45%
8 The Daily Wire 14,869 2.09%
9 Russia Today 13,005 1.83%
RT.com 12,790 1.80%
Sputnik News 215 0.03%
10 Patriot Post 11,867 1.67%
TOTAL 494,127 69.69%
“misinformation about the climate crisis”
Stopped reading right there.
Democrats will never admit that if you don’t question the science you’re following dogma.
And the Pope was acting in accordance with the scientific consensus of the day.
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