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Headlines For Nov. 12, 2021​

BY FIROZE ALAM | NOV 12 2021
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Atahrul Chowdhury
Last edited 85 days ago by Atahrul Chowdhury
Scientific American

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Personality Type, as well as Politics, Predicts Who Shares Fake News
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Who shares fake news? Political scientists, behavioral researchers and the media have said that
political conservatives
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are largely responsible for the proliferation of misinformation. But although there is a documented association, not all conservatives share fake news or endorse such behavior. Such sweeping generalizations threaten to condemn everyone who subscribes to conservative values, and that, in turn, risks further and more dangerous polarization.

First Draft News

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Disinformation actors share misconstrued narratives about coronavirus spike protein to push vaccine skepticism
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Vaccine misinformation concerning the coronavirus spike protein has again picked up in recent days. Vaccine skeptics and deniers have weaponized this medical term to deter people from trusting Covid-19 vaccines, which have been proven effective and safe.

First Draft News

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Facebook comment sections rife with misinformation following Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral pill announcement
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Last week Pfizer
published
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interim trial results for its experimental Covid-19 antiviral pill, Paxlovid, which the company said reduced the chance of hospitalization or death for some adults by almost 90 per cent. The US pharmaceutical giant’s analysis included 1,219 adults who had been diagnosed with mild to moderate Covid-19 and who had at least one risk factor for developing severe disease.

Medscape

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Allergists Can Fight Misinformation by Anticipating Sources of Confusion and Engaging Patients With Facts and Curiosity
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With the Delta variant taking hold and COVID cases on the rise in mid-July, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, released an advisory declaring that misinformation was a serious health threat and urging Americans to help slow its spread during the pandemic and beyond.

The New York Times

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On Podcasts and Radio, Misleading Covid-19 Talk Goes Unchecked
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On a recent episode of his podcast, Rick Wiles, a pastor and self-described “citizen reporter,” endorsed a conspiracy theory:
that Covid-19 vaccines
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were the product of a “global coup d’état by the most evil cabal of people in thFrance24e history of mankind.”

NED

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Digital Directions: November 12, 2021
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1. Local fact-checking organizations expressed frustration about the lack of technical resources and staffing to sort through the maze of hate, disinformation, and misinformation appearing on their screens. Certain technical tools, like classifiers to automatically detect concerning information in local languages,
weren’t deployed
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to
“at-risk countries”
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like Ethiopia.

France24

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Hoax Covid-19 vaccination video goes completely viral on social media
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A video that has gone viral shows a woman on a plane demanding the removal of an unvaccinated passenger seated next to her. The video is actually a staged movie called “Covid Flight”. Also, some social media users claim that diesel-powered generators were used during the UN COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

CNN

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5 things to know for November 12: Climate, Capitol riot, Astroworld, Covid, Myanmar
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It’s the last day of the COP26 climate summit in Scotland. After two weeks of talks, the big question is:
 What will the 197 participating parties have to show for it all?
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Negotiators are working hard on the final details of the Glasgow Agreement,
a set of climate pledges and priorities
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that COP26 President Alok Sharma says will be the
 main artifact by which history judges
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this key global meeting.
Personality Type, as well as Politics, Predicts Who Shares Fake News
Disinformation actors share misconstrued narratives about coronavirus spike protein to push vaccine skepticism
Facebook comment sections rife with misinformation following Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral pill announcement
Allergists Can Fight Misinformation by Anticipating Sources of Confusion and Engaging Patients With Facts and Curiosity
On Podcasts and Radio, Misleading Covid-19 Talk Goes Unchecked
Digital Directions: November 12, 2021
Hoax Covid-19 vaccination video goes completely viral on social media
5 things to know for November 12: Climate, Capitol riot, Astroworld, Covid, Myanmar
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