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The diet hoax that eating high-alkaline foods could beat Covid-19 should have died down by now. After all, science experts and fact checkers across the globe had been quick to bust it when it came out.
But the fact that the erroneous claim has lingered on social media for nine months attests to the staying power of the disinfodemic that accompanies the pandemic.
Southeast Asia, in no way immune to the wealth and waves of misinformation spurred by the outbreak of the Sars-CoV-2 in late 2019, has partly contributed to the longevity of the lie. For one, many Facebook groups touting an alkaline diet as prevention or cure for Covid-19 were, as of late December, still spreading this from Indonesia, with a couple from Myanmar. What transpires in closed private messaging applications is anybody s guess.
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The Poynter Institute is a Florida-based journalism organization that runs PolitiFact. On Poynter.org, a daily media report runs by Tom Jones, who sounds like Brian Stelter s identically thinking twin. Poynter says it supports responsible news and fact-based information, but its incessant party line of liberal-media cheerleading and conservative-media loathing really came through when Jones made a list of the best and worst of news media in 2020.
Best national news: ABC s David Muir, with his steady presence behind the desk, is leading what has become the best network evening newscast. But he loves CBS and NBC, too! All, however, are good, and that includes the PBS NewsHour with outstanding anchor Judy Woodruff, he said.
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The Poynter Institute is a Florida-based journalism group that runs PolitiFact. On Poynter.org, they run a daily media report by Tom Jones, who sounds like Brian Stelter’s identically thinking twin. They say they support “responsible news and fact-based information,” but their incessant party line of liberal-media cheerleading and conservative-media loathing really came through when Jones made a list of the “best and worst news media” of 2020.
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Best national news: “ABC’s David Muir, with his steady presence behind the desk, is leading what has become the best network evening newscast.” But he loves CBS and NBC, too! “All, however, are good, and that includes the