Meta Drops Bogus ‘Fact-Checking’ Program After Years of Targeting, Blacklisting, Censoring, and Eliminating Top Conservative Pages from Facebook

Meta Drops Bogus “Fact-Checking” Program After Years of Targeting, Blacklisting, Censoring, and Eliminating Top Conservative Pages from Facebook by Jim Hoft On Tuesday, Meta, the company that owns both Facebook and Instagram, announced it is discontinuing its third-party fact-checking program after years of censoring conservative speech. In its place, Meta will adopt a user-generated “Community Notes” system, similar […]

Cheers! POLITICO: Climate scientists ‘demoralized’ by Trump 2.0 – ‘Everyone’s demoralized…nervous…rattled’ – Fear ‘funding cuts & layoffs’

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2024/12/12/climate-scientists-demoralized-by-trump-2-0-00194047 By ARIANNA SKIBELL It’s not a great time to be a climate scientist. That was the general sentiment hanging over the American Geophysical Union’s annual meeting in downtown Washington this week, write Zack Colman and Chelsea Harvey. President-elect Donald Trump has promised to do his worst to unravel climate policy when he retakes the White House […]

UK Funds UN Crackdown On Climate Dissent – ‘Will bring together countries…to support joint efforts to combat disinformation’

UK Funds UN Crackdown On Climate Dissent By Paul Homewood Britain is one of the main financial backers for this attempt to stifle debate about climate change: The Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change is a joint partnership between the Brazilian Government, the UN Secretariat and UNESCO. Bringing together countries, international organizations, and stakeholders worldwide, it aims to […]

Former NIH director Francis Collins’ new book seeks ‘pre-bunking’ opposing scientific claims – ‘Urges readers to immunize themselves against arguments skeptical of human-caused global warming’

John G. West – The Federalist:  The propagandistic nature of Collins’ approach can be seen in his proposal for people to engage in “pre-bunking” claims so they “can avoid being taken in.” His call for skepticism sounds good — until he applies it. Fixating on climate change, Collins urges readers to immunize themselves against arguments skeptical of human-caused global warming. How? By imagining the selfish reasons that might motivate people to downplay global warming. For example, perhaps they “have a special interest in seeing continued use of fossil fuels,” or maybe they “wish to create as much disharmony within our population as possible,” or perhaps they are “politicians who see climate change denial as good for votes and campaign donations.”

According to Collins, you don’t have to consider the arguments being made if you have “pre-bunked” the motives of the people making them. Tellingly, Collins doesn’t suggest questioning the motives of those he agrees with on global warming. His “pre-bunking” is entirely one-sided. His goal is to shut down critical inquiry, not cultivate it.

Analysis: CBS Gets the Facts Wrong About Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Trends

CBS Gets the Facts Wrong About Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Trends By Linnea Lueken A recent broadcast weather segment on CBS News, Los Angeles, titled “Helene gaining strength from climate change effects,” features a staff meteorologist claiming that hurricane Helene was strengthened by climate change, and that indeed hurricanes in general are increasing in intensity […]

Watch: VP Debate Coverage: 2nd question by CBS News on ‘climate change’ – Vance calls it ‘weird science’ as moderator pushes fake ‘97% consensus’

Vance on CO2 emissions pic.twitter.com/IdVCpDQtDI — Marc Morano (@ClimateDepot) October 2, 2024 Vance U.S. manufacturing & the Green agenda pic.twitter.com/JkKInp2fkF — Marc Morano (@ClimateDepot) October 2, 2024 Debate update: Vance deflected ‘the science’ nicely. I wish he would say “carbon dioxide” emissions not “carbon” But it would have been nice if he had thrown in […]