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- Overall, we rate Eco News a moderate pseudoscience website based on moderate promotion of anti-vaccine propaganda and anti-GMO positions.
Update: This source is no longer online as of 11/25/2019
Detailed Report
Factual Reporting: MIXED
Country: Unknown
History
Eco News claims via their tagline to be “on the Frontline for Earth Liberation.” In reality this is a moderate pseudoscience website that does not have an about page nor contact information.
Funded by / Ownership
The website does not disclose ownership and it is funded through online advertising.
Analysis / Bias
Eco News is a news and opinion website that focuses on the environment and natural health. Eco News has a strong left wing bias politically and uses loaded emotional words in headlines and articles. For the most part they source properly, however they do use other pseudoscience sources such as the Health Sciences Institute. While many articles are factual on this site, there is a moderate promotion of vaccination propaganda and anti-Gmo positions that is not based on scientific evidence.
Eco News has also published a fake news story.
Overall, we rate Eco News a moderate pseudoscience website based on moderate promotion of anti-vaccine propaganda and anti-GMO positions. (D. Van Zandt 10/28/2017) Updated (10/19/2018)
Source: http://econewsmedia.org
