Tag: fact finder
Amnesty report: Is Ukraine consciously accepting civilian casualties?
context As of: August 17, 2022 10:49 a.m A report by Amnesty International accuses the Ukrainian military of endangering civilians. Kyiv rejects the allegations. What do other aid organizations and…
Julian Reichelt: Right-wing populist comeback on YouTube?
context As of: August 22, 2022 12:31 p.m The former “Bild” editor-in-chief Reichelt has his own YouTube channel. According to experts, the right-wing populist theses he spread there are well…
Climate disinformation: Pseudo-experts create credibility
context As of: September 5th, 2022 2:24 p.m Open letters or declarations that cast doubt on man-made climate change appear again and again – signed by scientists. However, upon closer…
Migration research: “Pull factors are significantly overestimated”
context As of: October 12, 2022 5:20 p.m Every time the number of refugees in Germany increases, the so-called pull factors are discussed in politics. Migration experts consider this theory…
Bundestag committees: AfD offers a stage for pseudo-experts
context As of: October 25, 2022 3:14 p.m AfD politicians occasionally invite highly questionable experts to the individual committees of the Bundestag. Video excerpts from the hearings regularly provide fodder…
Midterms in the USA: How the election should be influenced
context As of: December 7th, 2022 2:35 p.m Before the midterms in the USA, extreme circles of Republicans called for people to infiltrate the electoral system in order to influence…
Fine dust and co.: How bad are firecrackers for people and the environment?
context As of: December 29, 2022 6:26 a.m Fine dust, frightened animals, full hospitals: every year, just in time for the turn of the year, the effects of fireworks are…
Twitter Files: How Elon Musk promotes conspiracy myths
context As of: January 5, 2023 3:42 p.m With great fanfare, Musk announced the so-called Twitter Files – alleged revelations about how unpleasant opinions had been censored on Twitter. According…
EU candidate Serbia: “The influence of Russian media is huge”
context As of: January 13, 2023 10:50 a.m Russian state media can spread their disinformation undisturbed from Belgrade – and often makes it into Serbian media. This is very convenient…
EU sanctions: How do Putin propagandists finance themselves?
context As of: February 2nd, 2023 9:28 a.m Alina Lipp spreads Russian propaganda through her channels. However, the EU sanctions are making financing more difficult for Putin supporters like her.…