Mastodawn

PSA: Here's how the anti-net zero sausage gets made:
1. #Oilcompanies fund #climatedenial groups
2. which incubate #fakeexperts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.

Voila!

https://www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/claire-coutinho-touts-anti-net-zero-reports-by-oil-linked-authors/

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Claire Coutinho Touts Anti-Net Zero Reports by Oil-Linked Authors

In the first few weeks of 2026, UK newspapers have been ablaze with sensational claims about climate policy: cutting emissions to net zero would cost up to “£9 trillion”. An electricity grid run on renewable power would cause “blackouts”. The government department tasked with climate policy needs to be “shut down”. The claims – which […]

DeSmog

Tino Eberl Sep 25

#Artikelupdate

Wie erkennt man die typischen Taktiken von #Wissenschaftsleugnern?

Fünf einfache Strategien reichen oft, um Zweifel zu säen und Vertrauen in Forschung zu untergraben. Wer weiß, worauf man achten muss, durchschaut Desinformation schneller – ob beim #Klima, bei #Impfungen oder anderen Themen.

https://www.oekologisch-unterwegs.de/klimawandel/1104-die-tricks-der-klimaleugner-oder-techniken-der-wissenschaftsleugnung-f-l-i-c-c.html

#FLICC #Wissenschaftsleugnung #Desinformation #Klimaleugnung #FakeExperts #CherryPicking #Verschwörungstheorien

Die Tricks der Klimaleugner oder: Techniken der Wissenschaftsleugnung (F-L-I-C-C)

Die 5 Tricks der Wissenschaftsverweigerer. Entdecke die Techniken der Klimaleugner und das F-L-I-C-C-Modell. Was sind die rhetorischen Taktiken in der Klimawandeldebatte?

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Claire 🌊🇪🇺🇫🇷🌍May 29, 2025

6/ The MAHA report also references made-up researchers, like a supposed ADHD expert who doesn’t seem to exist. So much for credibility. 🧐
#FakeExperts #ADHD #MedicalFraud #CredibilityMatters

N-gated Hacker News Apr 21, 2025

🚨📰 "Expert" in UK press is about as credible as a horoscopes page predicting your Saturday night 🍷. The Guardian investigates and finds more red flags than a used car dealership 🚗🚩. Next time, maybe check if the "expert" graduated from the University of Google. 🙃
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/apr/19/questions-raised-over-barbara-santini-expert-much-quoted-in-uk-press #ExpertCredibility #MediaCritique #TheGuardian #InvestigativeJournalism #FakeExperts #HackerNews #ngated

‘Immediate red flags’: questions raised over ‘expert’ much quoted in UK press

News outlets pull articles featuring ‘psychologist and sex adviser’ Barbara Santini amid doubts over her credentials

The Guardian

Claudia KP Apr 19, 2025

This is madness.

https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/virtual-reality-the-widely-quoted-media-experts-who-are-not-what-they-seem/

#FakeExperts #Quotes #ContentWriting #ContentWriter #TrustedSources #Journalism

Virtual reality: The widely-quoted media experts who are not what they seem

Press Gazette investigation into the widely-quoted national media experts who either do not exist, or whose credentials have not been checked.

Press Gazette

Szebastian Jul 18, 2023

We are in the era where the Rich, Privileged Men

- Wear the 'inclusive' mask
- Yell at people, making humiliating comments
- and Market it as 'Life Lessons'

Degrading is the new 'motivating speech' for well-oiled PR Machine 'Experts' who are nothing but the same toxic masculinity 'boys will be boys' with an 'inclusive' charade.

A Hard Pass!

#ToxicMasculinity #FakeExperts #Leadership