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  • JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    They accepted, and continue to accept a great amount of money from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

    It’s interesting how any false narrative starts with a granule of truth.

    Kurzgesagt was indeed provided $570,000 in 2015. That money was paid out across the following four years.

    They have not continued to accept any amount of money from the Gates foundation.

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        11 hours ago

        Sorry, I didn’t think the word ‘continued’ would have needed underlining for anyone that could read what I wrote.

        Using a piece of factual information to prop up false information within the same sentence is how false narratives take hold.

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          2 hours ago

          that’s not how i read it at all. no misinformation here.

          see, the fact they took money to publish critical misinformation about climate change is not a joke. it should take more than an “i’m sowwy” to fix their reputation.

          as it justifiably should.