Talk:COVID-19 misinformation#Science Letter
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| author = Omer Benjakob
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| org = Wired
| title = On Wikipedia, a fight is raging over coronavirus disinformation
| url = https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wikipedia-coronavirus
| date = 9 February 2020
| accessdate = 15 February 2020
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| author2 = Noam Cohen
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| org2 = Wired
| title2 = How Wikipedia Prevents the Spread of Coronavirus Misinformation
| url2 = https://www.wired.com/story/how-wikipedia-prevents-spread-coronavirus-misinformation/
| date2 = 15 February 2020
| accessdate2 = 15 February 2020
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| author3 = Renée DiResta
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| org3 = The Atlantic
| title3 = The CDC Should Be More Like Wikipedia
| url3 = https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/cdc-should-be-more-like-wikipedia/619469/
| date3 = 21 July 2021
| accessdate3 = 21 July 2021
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Musk claims about [[USAID]] as a possible source
In a flurry of tweets last week, Elon Musk declared that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was “a viper’s nest of radical-left marxists who hate America” and was pure “evil.” One of the prime sins of the international development body, he said, was its alleged role in starting the pandemic.
“Did you know,” he tweeted, “that USAID, using YOUR tax dollars, funded bioweapon research, including Covid-19, that killed millions of people?”
This looks as though it is becoming the governments view.[https://www.wired.com/story/revenge-of-the-covid-conspiracy-theorists/?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_021324&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_content=WIR_Daily_021324&bxid=5be9d86c3f92a40469e75648&cndid=16554313&hasha=aa8ab805992d7c0236bf11630048f573&hashc=f3cade83f73239e9abd4b8e26c5102e6f21c22d8543dafc8c2c9c1d8833b7a90&esrc=MARTECH_ORDERFORM&utm_term=WIR_Daily_Active] Doug Weller talk 17:08, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
:So? Slatersteven (talk) 17:41, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
::Pretty sure that’s misinformation in a big way. Doug Weller talk 18:45, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
:::MAybe, but are we using it as a source? Slatersteven (talk) 12:18, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
::::Sorry, I screwed up the section heading. Suggesting it as a source.
:::::I think it would violate wp:primary unless very carefully worded, also may fail wp:undue as this seems to be politically motivated. Slatersteven (talk) 12:33, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
:::::Are you saying I am politically motivated? Damn, I still feiled to get it right, Musk claimed USAIS financed COVID/ See Forbes[https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/02/10/elon-musk-pushes-false-claim-ex-usaid-chief-earned-23-million-the-biggest-doge-hoaxes-spread-on-x/] and NBC.[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/doge/elon-musk-boosted-false-usaid-conspiracy-theories-global-aid-rcna190646] Doug Weller talk 12:38, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
:::::::No I am saying Musks claims are. Slatersteven (talk) 12:40, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
::::::::That's a relief.:} Yes, they are. Might be worth a mention. Doug Weller talk 12:44, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
:::::::::I'd say it falls afoul of WP:RECENT for now. This is all moving very fast and we don't know how long it'll hold together. — The Hand That Feeds You:Bite 13:28, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
"[[:Wikipedia:NOLABLEAK]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]
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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 20 May 2025
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The subsection on "Covid-19 denialism" refers to Donald Trump as 'former U.S. President", which is no longer correct. Grecoeditor (talk) 09:23, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
:Fixed. Slatersteven (talk) 09:29, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 4 June 2025
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Please change the citation under [21] from :
Bursztyn L, Rao A, Roth C, Yanagizawa-Drott D (19 April 2020). "Misinformation During a Pandemic". Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2020
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Bursztyn, Leonardo, Aakaash Rao, Christopher Roth, and David Yanagizawa-Drott. "Opinions as facts." The Review of Economic Studies 90, no. 4 (2023): 1832-1864. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdac065
Explanation: the current citation is an old working paper version of the published article. The authors changed the name of the paper that was eventually published. For source see one of the authors's webpage (where he writes in the notes of the title page that the paper was previously titled "Misinformation During a Pandemic". See also the site of th ejournal where the paper is published:
https://yanagizawadrott.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/OpinionsAsFacts_Revised.pdf Tarquaeron (talk) 08:45, 4 June 2025 (UTC)