Social media: Begging the Question Fallacy
Another example of “The Begging the Question Fallacy”, where you say something stupid, and then when caught, assert “This is not who I am”.
Social media: Female profiles get 3x more views than males
Stunning – female social media profiles get 3x more views than those of males.
If you do not closely follow politics you are a “political ostrich”
Name calling from the elite at The Atlantic: The People Who Don’t Read Political News.
Doomerism and content mills
Authoritative news service BoredPanda says there a lot of potential disasters that we just don’t know about! Scary! 100% sourced to anonymous Reddit posts! Content mill doomerism as its finest!
Climate: How not to do public climate information?
A climate scientist who says we need to talk about climate issues, blocks people who, apparently, say the wrong things?
Does “disinformation” have much influence?
Are “disinformation” posts as widely seen, read and believed, as is asserted by “disinformation” and pro-censorship specialists?
Media: “Living paycheck to paycheck”
What does “paycheck to paycheck” mean? It has a very slippery definition to the point that it means nothing.
“Crafting your scientist brand” – the rise of the celebrity expert
Scientists work with PR offices to establish a personal brand as a celebrity expert.
Media: Media’s “climate experts” do not understand their own subjects
Why you can’t trust the media on climate. This is not how to do climate communications.
Media’s use of “misinformation”/”disinformation” is very recent
The terms “misinformation” and “disinformation” are a very recent phenomenon. anything you disagree with is “misinformation”.