Author: Emmanuel Vincent

Research Scientist, Editor, Science Feedback

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- Climate
Posted on: 2021-04-21
Video promoted by John Stossel for Earth Day relies on incorrect and misleading claims about climate change

“This video is misleading in so many ways it’s hard to know where to begin. For a start there’s a repeated assertion that climate “alarmists” won’t enter debate on climate change, but there are many examples of renowned climate scientists such as Gavin Schmidt, Michael Mann and David Karoly entering into debates with climate change denialists. Many scientists have found such debates to be unhelpful as they give the false impression of balance despite there being broad consensus among climate scientists…”
Misleading
- Climate
Posted on: 2020-01-08
Climate change is one factor affecting how fires in Australia burn, regardless of whether arsonists or lightning started them

Claim:

the bushfires [in Australia] were caused by arsonists and a series of lightning strikes, not 'climate change'

Source: Breitbart, NewsPunch, Paul Joseph Watson, Sean Adl-Tabatabai, Thomas D. Williams, 2020-01-05
Posted on: 2019-05-08

Perugia International Journalism Festival: media, news and the future of climate change

This panel will address these topics with experts coming from some of the leading experiences in the field that encompasses the communication of climate change for public opinion at large, the use of scientific information in the media, the role of the future and young generations in the climate debate.
Posted on: 2019-02-11

European Science-Media Hub Workshop ‘Tackling misinformation and disinformation in science’

How to tackle disinformation in science? How scientists and journalists could work better together in order to prevent misinformation? The…
Posted on: 2019-01-08

We are not heading towards a "mini ice age", contrary to claims in some media

Recently, alarming claims that we are heading towards a “mini ice age” have been popping up across the web. This…
Posted on: 2018-12-05

Climate Feedback receives Special Mention of the Jury for the Best Climate Solutions Award 2018

Climate Feedback was recognized for bringing its “expertise, balance, and commitment against fake news and catastrophism”. The jury said about Climate Feedback: “Fact-checking, collaborative structure, and scientific expertise are the cornerstones of this initiative which sifts through social media in search of climate change news to verify its reliability and release science-proven analyses.”
- Climate
Posted on: 2018-11-21
False claims of a coming ice age spread through ecosystem of unreliable news sites, blogs, and social media accounts

Similar claims that we would be heading towards an imminent “mini ice age” were also repeated without verification throughout a network of unreliable outlets for climate news including Sputnik, The Sun, Fox News, and numerous hyper-partisan blogs such as Zero Hedge, Principia Scientific, IceAgeNow, Alien-Star…
- Climate
Posted on: 2018-10-30
Sky News Australia airs false climate information in misleading video by Rowan Dean

“While the variations in the Sun’s magnetic activity (leading to small variations in solar radiation reaching the Earth) have some discernible effect on our climate, their impact is small compared to the effects of man-made greenhouse gas emissions.”
Posted on: 2018-08-27

Climate Feedback accredited by the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter for the second year

Climate Feedback has received accreditation by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at The Poynter Institute for the second year. Climate…
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- Climate
Posted on: 2018-08-09
The Australian publishes "deeply ill-informed" opinion on climate by Ian Plimer

“This article is an amalgamation of logical fallacies, misleading talking points, and downright factually incorrect statements regarding the physics of the climate system. Every talking point in this article has been debunked many times over and it is astonishing that this was published.”

Author: Emmanuel Vincent

Video promoted by John Stossel for Earth Day relies on incorrect and misleading claims about climate change

Climate change is one factor affecting how fires in Australia burn, regardless of whether arsonists or lightning started them

Perugia International Journalism Festival: media, news and the future of climate change

European Science-Media Hub Workshop ‘Tackling misinformation and disinformation in science’

We are not heading towards a "mini ice age", contrary to claims in some media

Climate Feedback receives Special Mention of the Jury for the Best Climate Solutions Award 2018

False claims of a coming ice age spread through ecosystem of unreliable news sites, blogs, and social media accounts

Sky News Australia airs false climate information in misleading video by Rowan Dean

Climate Feedback accredited by the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter for the second year

The Australian publishes "deeply ill-informed" opinion on climate by Ian Plimer

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