From the Daily Skeptic
Chris Morrison
If there was an award for the year's worst fact-checking, it would be France's latest attempt AFP (AFP) Smear daily skeptic Will be the clear favorite to win. Question the reporting of one of our recently published papers nature AFP writer Manon Jacob found that there has been no “surge” in global temperatures since 1970, calling this article purely a random selection based on what other commentators have written on social media. “Misleading” article. So-called fact-checking is so bad it will likely be used in future journalism schools as an example of how not to attack well-sourced material just because you don't like what's written.
A first lesson might look at how Jacob and his state treasurers began their mission with the following words in bold:
The journal's 2024 research papers nature There has been no statistically detectable surge in the rate of global warming since the 1970s, but social media posts claiming this is untrue evidence of climate change are wrong. Data from this study and many others confirm a steady rise in surface temperatures during this period, according to its authors and independent scientists.
No attempt is made to dispute what is written in the book daily skepticthe straw that had just been erected was knocked down. In Jacob's world, if daily skeptic Reports that humans had landed on the moon were described by AFP as “misleading” as some conspiracy theorists claimed the film was filmed on the backlot of Universal Studios.
Things get worse. The title of the article is: “Scientists find 'no change' in global warming rate?” Please note the question mark, which is a punctuation mark that is not in the title nature “The recent increase in global warming is currently undetectable,” the paper states.
Halfway through the article, by daily skeptic Editor-in-Chief Toby Young wrote:
A sensational paper in a top scientific journal nature Chris Morrison said they found “no change in the rate of warming since the 1970s”, defying alarmist claims that global temperatures are soaring.
What questions may be asked here. As evidenced by the paper itself, the first part of the tweet is actually correct, and the following comments are reasonable given the common claims by alarmists that recent temperature spikes are evidence of accelerating warming. What may be disturbing to AFP is that the message was retweeted nearly 3,000 times, driven by Dr. Jordan Peterson and his more than 4 million followers. This article has also been reprinted by many journals such as popular science websites Watt?
Why did the author put a question mark on “the rate of global warming has not changed” at the beginning? This suggests a lack of understanding of the difference between a statistically consistent rise in temperatures since 1970 (despite an earlier dip and two notable pauses) and a possible recent rise or “surge”. speed warming. The study's warming trends are said to be distorted into “promoting climate denial”. AFP's subsequent report was pure nonsense: “However, using the article's conclusions to claim that no further warming has occurred since the 1970s is highly misleading, scientists said, pointing to the model used in the study Instead the time is detected. Why the first part of this statement is “not”. extra Warming”——Published in ” nature Paper – Is it inconsistent with the “continuous increase” in temperature over time?
Although AFP considers “additional warming” misleading, the lack of “additional warming” is crucial to the paper and the findings daily skeptic Report carefully and accurately what is written. Jacobs and AFP have simply fallen into the trap of confusing what others are saying with the truth. daily skeptic Report clearly and fairly. Scientists say there is “limited evidence” of climate warming. “In most surface temperature time series, despite the record-breaking temperatures observed in 2023, no changes in the warming rate were detected after the 1970s.” Scientists said that while investigating the recent temperature pause and the recent “so-called When warming is accelerating, it is important to consider random noise caused by natural variability. I pointed out that the paper was an excellent piece of climate science work because it took a long-term statistical perspective and challenged the penny-pinching clickbait alarmists who look for headlines on the BBC. And, it seems, on the French national news agency. this daily skeptic Toby Young has been subject to a series of nasty fact-checks since the start of the season, with him reportedly “spreading rumors in the past that were debunked by AFP.” Of course, AFP is serious when it comes to discrediting and canceling views that undermine the global promotion of the net-zero fantasy.
The AFP climate desk is headed by Marlowe Hood, a self-proclaimed “pioneer of the Anthropocene”. Regular readers may recall that the climate champion recently received €100,000 in funding from a major Spanish bank foundation that is actively involved in funding green projects. He is one of a group of activists including Graham Readfearn. guardian and Michael “Hockey Stick” Mann secured withdrawal Springer Nature This is an inconvenient paper written by a number of prominent Italian physicists. The research team, led by Professor Gianluca Alimonti, observed that existing data do not support a climate emergency. Hood claimed that the data, which came primarily from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sources, were “heavily manipulated” and “fundamentally flawed.” The paper initially attracted widespread attention from society daily skeptic Marlowe Hood started the cancellation campaign by writing about — yes, you guessed it — an AFP fact check.
Chris Morrison is daily skepticof Environment editor.
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