DAVID MARCUS: New York Times announces the end of the climate change hoax | Flipboard

Flipboard · 🇮🇷 public Iran · May 10, 2026 · 334 words · By Fox News

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DAVID MARCUS: New York Times announces the end of the climate change hoax For almost the entirety of the half century I have lived on Earth, I have had experts, teachers, politicians and activists hectoring me about how climate change is going to destroy the…

Propaganda risk 70%

Claims checked 7

Techniques found 3

Topics 2

Coverage spectrum

Coverage gap: Low Left coverage

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Center50%

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2 sources compared across this story cluster. This is an eFinder estimate from indexed source coverage, not an editorial rating.

What happened

Why it matters

But this week, in The New York Times, of all places, is evidence that climate alarmism is finally cooling …

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: Confidence is clearly shifting higher on potentially the biggest El Niño event since the 1870s.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Oversimplification: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What new context would change how readers understand this Media Criticism story?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Confidence is clearly shifting higher on potentially the biggest El Niño event since the 1870s?
How does this story connect Media Criticism with Climate Change Denial over the next few days?

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Propaganda Score

confidence: 90%

Significant concerns. Multiple propaganda techniques detected.

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eFinder identified 3 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 100% confidence

Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.

Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.

Why it matters: Recognizing loaded language helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

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Name Calling / Labeling 80% confidence

Attaching a negative label to a person or group to reject them without evidence.

Why it matters: Recognizing name calling / labeling helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

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Oversimplification 90% confidence

Reducing a complex issue to a simplistic framing that distorts understanding.

Why it matters: Recognizing oversimplification helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Confidence is clearly shifting higher on potentially the biggest El Niño event since the 1870s.”

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Multiple independent sources, including News.az and a report citing the Washington Post, confirm that experts believe the current El Niño could be the strongest since the 1870s.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023–2024 El Niño was regarded as the fifth-most powerful El Niño–Southern Oscillation event in recorded history, resulting in widespread droughts, flooding and other natural disasters across the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023–2024_El_Niño_event

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 10, 2020, an 11-year-old student identified as José Ángel Ramos Betts, armed with two guns, opened fire at the facilities of Colegio Cervantes Campus Bosque, a private school in Torreón, Co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colegio_Cervantes_shooting

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Niño Brothers were a family of sailors and conquistadors from the town of Moguer at the end of the 15th century (in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain), who participated actively in Christopher Columbus's f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niño_brothers

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Claim 2: “The S&P 500 keeps pushing toward record highs”

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Web search results from financial sources (Investing.com and others) confirm that the S&P 500 is trading near or pushing toward record highs.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 large-cap companies traded on American stock exchanges (including the 30…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S&P_500_companies

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a summary of the closing milestones of the S&P 500 Index, a United States stock market index.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closing_milestones_of_the_S&P_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — S&P 500 (Standard and Poor's 500) is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 leading companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is one of the most commonly followe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_500

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Claim 3: “The stock market has spent much of 2026 acting like geopolitical risk is just background noise.”

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The claim is reported across multiple cross-references from Flipboard. While Wikipedia confirms 2026 as the current year in the provided live evidence, the specific market behavior is reported by these news sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 2026 (MMXXVI) is the current year, and is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2026th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 26th year of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Local elections in the United Kingdom were held on 7 May 2026 for 5,066 English councillors for 136 English local authorities (all 32 London borough councils, 32 metropolitan boroughs, 18 unitary auth…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_Kingdom_local_elec…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2026

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Claim 4: “Louisiana's governor on the Supreme Court decision and his suspending of House primary elections”

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The provided evidence consists of general Wikipedia definitions of what a governor is and a list of governors, but contains no information regarding the suspension of House primary elections or a specific Supreme Court decision related to this action.

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web search NEUTRAL — The United States has 50 states and 5 territories that each elect a governor to serve as chief executive of the state or territorial government. [1] .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_…

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web search NEUTRAL — A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor

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web search NEUTRAL — In the United States, a governor serves as the chief executive and commander-in-chief in each of the fifty states and in the five permanently inhabited territories, functioning as head of state and he…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_(United_States)

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Claim 5: “New York Times announces the end of the climate change hoax”

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The claim is only found in Flipboard cross-references, which often aggregate a single source. Wikipedia entries for the NYT provide general information and do not mention any such announcement regarding a 'climate change hoax'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times (NYT) is a newspaper based in Manhattan, New York City. The New York Times covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces and reviews. One of the lo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times Building is a 52-story skyscraper at 620 Eighth Avenue, between 40th and 41st Streets near Times Square, on the west side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Its c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Building

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Connections is a daily category-matching puzzle developed and published by The New York Times as part of The New York Times Games. It was released on June 12, 2023, during its beta phase. It is the se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Connections

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Claim 6: “crises in Corpus Christi and across the Colorado River threaten to boil”

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The claim appears in Flipboard cross-references, but the Wikipedia results for Corpus Christi and the Colorado River provide general geographic/administrative information and do not confirm a current 'boiling' water crisis.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Corpus Christi ( KOR-pəs KRIS-tee; Latin for 'Body of Christ') is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat and largest city of Nueces County in South Texas, with portions exten…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lake Corpus Christi State Park is a 356 acres (144 ha) state park located on Lake Corpus Christi in San Patricio County, Texas, United States southwest of Mathis. The state leased the land from the Ci…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Corpus_Christi_State_Park

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Colorado Spartans are a professional indoor football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are an expansion team that are current members of the National Arena League. They play their home games …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Spartans

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Claim 7: “Pastor Mark Burns, the president's informal "spiritual advisor," wants to make one thing very clear about the extremely tall gold statue of Donald”

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Three independent web search results (Defector, LBC/James Hanson, and another news source) confirm that Pastor Mark Burns is an informal spiritual advisor to the president and has commented on a gold statue of Donald Trump in Doral, Miami.

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web search NEUTRAL — Pastor Mark Burns, the president's informal "spiritual advisor," wants to make one thing very clear about the extremely tall gold statue of Donald Trump that was officially dedicated last week in Dora…
https://defector.com/pastor-clarifies-that-giant-shiny-trump…

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web search NEUTRAL — Pastor Mark Burns/X. Burns, Trump’s informal spiritual adviser, later rejected claims of false idol worship, telling James Hanson on LBC that the golden statue “represents the miracle of God, that’s w…
https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-maga-rocker-jack-white-to…

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web search NEUTRAL — Pastor Mark Burns has been a longtime supporter of the president and served as his informal spiritual adviser. Here, he is pictured speaking at a Trump rally in 2016 (AFP via Getty Images).
https://www.aol.co.uk/articles/pastor-leads-wild-dedication-…

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