During COP28, we read at least 100 stories published across a baker's dozen (13) frequently climate disinformation-publishing websites. This isn't a comprehensive list, as there are definitely more disinformation-filled articles out there, but it is at least a somewhat representative sample of what the climate disinformation landscape looked like over the last two weeks.
Aside from a continuation of the meat ban fearmongering we saw at the start of COP28, the big story that generated multiple days of "news," reactions, and editorial coverage was that there was a fart noise while John Kerry was saying something important.
That's a pretty good indicator of the level of seriousness with which these international negotiations are treated by the propaganda machine disinforming a significant block of people.
At a minimum, over the past two weeks, 13 right-wing and mostly fossil-funded websites published at least a hundred stories about COP28. The majority (65 articles) came from just 4 outlets, while the remaining 35 stories came from the other 9. (Let us know if you'd like to see the list!)
The Koch-funded Daily Caller published at least 20 pieces on COP28, and Koch-linked Fox News/Business/Radio ran 17 pieces. Lastly, Breitbart published 16 and Townhall published 12.
The second tier was less active. The Gateway Pundit ran 7 stories, RealClearEnergy ran 6 op-eds/ads, the Washington Examiner published 5, the Wall Street Journal’s opinion page published 4 pieces, the Daily Mail ran 4 pieces, Newsmax and New York Post ran at least 3 each, The Federalist published 2, and One America News pushed out at least 1, about the alleged flatulence.
Click through for examples, but none of the drivel produced by these outlets was particularly worthwhile. They mostly just stuck with the theme, passing like a fart in the wind.