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A debunker is a person or organization that exposes or discredits claims believed to be false, exaggerated, or pretentious. [1] The term is often associated with skeptical investigation of controversial topics such as UFOs, claimed paranormal phenomena, cryptids, conspiracy theories, alternative medicine, religion, exploratory or fringe areas of scientific, or pseudoscientific research.
For instance, claims that the Earth is not warming are regularly referred to in news (vs only editorials) as "denial", "misleading", or "debunked". [9] Prior to this shift, media would sometimes list all positions without clarifying that one position is known or generally agreed to be false.
* Humans are animals, despite the fact that the word animal is colloquially used as an antonym for human. * Ecosystems do not naturally move back towards an equilibrium using negative feedback. The concept of an inherent "balance of nature" has been superseded by chaos theory.
Humans are animals, despite the fact that the word animal is colloquially used as an antonym for human. [176] [177] Ecosystems do not naturally move back towards an equilibrium using negative feedback. [178] The concept of an inherent "balance of nature" has been superseded by chaos theory. [179]
A website, StopFake, was created by Ukrainian activists in 2014 to debunk fake news in Ukraine, including media portrayal of the Ukrainian crisis. [ 345 ] On May 29, 2018, the Ukrainian media and state officials announced that the Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko was assassinated in his apartment in Kyiv.
Term Location of origin Targeted demographic Meaning origin and notes References Campbellite: United States: Followers of Church of Christ: Followers of the Church of Christ, from American Restoration Movement leaders Thomas Campbell and Alexander Campbell, the latter being one of two key people considered the founders of the movement.
Debunk.org is an independent technology think tank and non-governmental organisation based in Vilnius, Lithuania. [ 8 ] [ 3 ] Founded in 2018, the organisation was developed to counter online disinformation and state-sponsored internet propaganda . [ 1 ]
Hoax Slayer originated as a Yahoo! group before the website was established. [6]Stories it has debunked include fake videos claiming to depict Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, [7] myths that the 2013 supermoon appeared bigger than it really did, [8] and a "Simon Ashton" hoax claiming that emails from Simon Ashton should not be opened because doing so would lead to your computer being hacked.