Truth under pressure - How fraud, bias, and error feed misinformation
- Lucía Ballesteros
- Jun 27
- 8 min read
Updated: Jun 27
Some believe the Earth is flat. Others claim climate change is not real. A retracted study linking vaccines to autism continues to influence anti-vaccine movements. During the COVID-19 pandemic, conspiracy theories and false cures spread rapidly. And in one famous case, fabricated results in stem cell research earned global praise before being exposed.