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CNN Says Fossil Fuels Kill More People Each Year Than The Holocaust. Here’s The Truth

Ben Johnson
CNN Says Fossil Fuels Kill More People Each Year Than The Holocaust. Here’s The Truth
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“Reliable Sources,” the CNN show dedicated to critiquing media misinformation, falsely claimed that the death toll from burning fossil fuels kills 10 million people a year, “larger than the Holocaust.” To help combat this alleged epidemic, a fellow guest added, reporters should not bypass scientists and simply report that the world’s extreme heat is an “injustice” caused by a 40-year conspiracy of the oil companies.

Brian Stelter, who once asked White House spokesperson Jen Psaki how to best cover the White House, asked two climate alarmists to tell him how to cover environmental issues on Sunday’s “Reliable Sources.”

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