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This week on Middle Theory, we examine the news surrounding the arrival of Hurricane Irma, an unprecedented tropical storm expected to strike the U.S. mainland this September.

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Strange things are happening in the media… but first, is there a secret base on the moon? Probably not, which is why we look at the strange story of how Snopes is getting negative press after a Daily Mail piece which revealed the lawsuit the site is presently embroiled in. What does this have to do with the broader issue of “Fake News”, and the various sites that have become deputized as “Wardens of Truth” on the Internet? Then we look at the unprecedented arrival of Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean, and what this has to do with the debate over climate science, meteorology, and “Science Generalism” in general… we say this, of course, at risk of redundancy ourselves. All of this, and more, on this week’s edition of Middle Theory. ___

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