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Google’s AI promoted unproven mushroom supplement with questionable testimonials
Michael Marshall
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23rd April 2025
Lignosus claims that their mushroom supplement treats COPD – serious claims based on no evidence, yet Google's AI search actively endorsed it
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Reality TV show The Truth of Skinwalker Ranch goes heavy on the mystery, but the real truths are far more mundane, and almost certainly not alien
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Netflix’s Apple Cider Vinegar shows the shameless reality of Belle Gibson’s fraud
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“Grey content”: how mainstream journalism accidentally fueled Covid vaccine hesitancy
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Faking the faking of fake news, 1910 style: the ‘death’ of film star Florence Lawrence
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15th November 2024
Fake news is nothing new - film promoters have known for over a century that successfully selling a fake news story takes a degree of cunning
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The “child identifies as wolf” story was only ever about bullying, not ‘species confusion’
Brian Eggo
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11th October 2024
A Scottish child created a wolf 'persona' in order to cope with severe bullying and, as a result, ended up being bullied by the national media
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