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We Read 100 Stupid Stories About COP28 So You Don't Have To [1]

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Date: 2023-12-15  

During COP28, we read at least 100 stories published across a baker's dozen (13) frequently climate disinformation-publishing websites. This isn't a comprehensive list, as there are definitely more disinformation-filled articles out there, but it is at least a somewhat representative sample of what the climate disinformation landscape looked like over the last two weeks.

Aside from a continuation of the meat ban fearmongering we saw at the start of COP28, the big story that generated multiple days of " news ," reactions , and editorial coverage was that there was a fart noise while John Kerry was saying something important.

That's a pretty good indicator of the level of seriousness with which these international negotiations are treated by the propaganda machine disinforming a significant block of people.

At a minimum, over the past two weeks, 13 right-wing and mostly fossil-funded websites published at least a hundred stories about COP28. The majority (65 articles) came from just 4 outlets, while the remaining 35 stories came from the other 9. (Let us know if you'd like to see the list!)

The Koch-funded Daily Caller published at least 20 pieces on COP28 , and Koch-linked Fox News / Business / Radio ran 17 pieces . Lastly, Breitbart published 16 and Townhall published 12 .

The second tier was less active. The Gateway Pundit ran 7 stories, RealClearEnergy ran 6 op-eds/ads , the Washington Examiner published 5 , the Wall Street Journal’s opinion page published 4 pieces , the Daily Mail ran 4 pieces , Newsmax and New York Post ran at least 3 each, The Federalist published 2, and One America News pushed out at least 1, about the alleged flatulence .

Click through for examples, but none of the drivel produced by these outlets was particularly worthwhile. They mostly just stuck with the theme, passing like a fart in the wind.

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