German “Citizens Council” Calls for Criminalisation of Disinformation
19 September 2024
by Robert Kogon
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An American journalism professor has offered tips on how to present climate change news in ways which trick global warming sceptics into unwittingly supporting the alarmist cause.
One of Germany's most distinguished atmospheric scientists has castigated politicians for their climate alarmism and called the idea that humans can control the climate with their CO2 emissions an “absolute delusion”.
Instinctively, it feels as though 'experts' must be peddling untruths knowingly, out of a misguided sense of paternalistic responsibility. But more troubling is the possibility they have bought into their own fictions.
A new study on cheap, repurposed Covid treatment ivermectin has concluded that its findings "do not support the use of ivermectin" to treat COVID-19. However, this conclusion is at odds with its findings.
The monsoon season has started in Bangladesh, and the climate Armageddon stories are making their annual appearance in the press. Facts, however, are thin on the ground.
Full Fact has been lobbying MPs to include "health misinformation" in the Online Safety Bill, forcing websites to censor content declared misinformation by sites like itself. But such sites are far from infallible.
An NHS COVID-19 vaccine advertising campaign aimed directly at children aged five to 11 years appears to be in multiple breach of Government rules relating to advertising to children.
Last week was hot in Britain and the BBC says experts note it is rare to see temperatures this high in June. But a couple of hot days hardly proves that human-caused climate change is responsible.
USA Today is the latest outlet to 'fact check' a Daily Sceptic climate article. It says our claim that weather balloon data show global warming has slowed is "false". But you can see it with your own eyes.
Labour and SNP politicians have laid an amendment to the Online Safety Bill to include "health-related misinformation and disinformation" as a form of "harmful” speech, ratcheting up the censorship yet further.
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