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Breitbart misrepresents research from 58 scientific papers about global warming (climatefeedback.org)
5 points by roucoulawan 3290 days ago
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Finnucane 3290 days ago
"Breitbart article is bullshit" is pretty much taken as read, but letting the cited authors have a Marshall McCluhan moment ("you know nothing of my work") does hav e its own satisfaction. Too bad it won't be seen by as many people.
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emvincent 3290 days ago
33k social media shares for the Breitbart article, 15.1k for Climate Feedback's debunk + 6k for Snopes' (http://www.snopes.com/scientific-papers-global-warming-myth/), not too bad...
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Finnucane 3290 days ago
Are we assuming shares is proportional to total viewing?
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sharemywin 3290 days ago
A majority of reviewers tagged the article as: Cherry-picking, Derogatory, Flawed reasoning, Inaccurate, Misleading.
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