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Time to start calling "alternative medicine" by its proper name?

Via Ben Goldacre’s Twitter feed comes this story from the Sydney Morning Herald: THE parents of a nine-month-old girl who died from septicemia were responsible for their baby’s death becau… more →

Don't Get Fooled Again

Time to start calling "alternative medicine" by its proper name? — 12 comments

Richard Wilson wrote 7 months ago: Via Ben Goldacre’s Twitter feed comes this story from the Sydney Morning Herald: THE parents o … more →

Tags: Don't Get Fooled Again, Pseudo-Science, Alternative Medicine, pseudo medicine

Pocket journalism: Telegraph hack Con Coughlin goes into bat for torture

Richard Wilson wrote 7 months ago: In the early days of the Iraq war, Telegraph columnist Con Coughlin was famously obliging in dissemi … more →

Tags: Don't Get Fooled Again, Bogus experts, Torture, con coughlin torture, telegraph pseudo-news, Snouts in the Trough, hacks for hire, con coughlin lies

Booker in shock admission of less-than-wholly-accurate reporting on climate change...

Richard Wilson wrote 7 months ago: From Christopher Booker in the Sunday Telegraph: I owe readers a correction of one or two points in … more →

Tags: Bogus sceptics, Booker attacks..., Denialism, Don't Get Fooled Again, anti-science correspondent, Christopher Booker

The Liam Byrne instruction manual

Richard Wilson wrote 8 months ago: From The Daily Mail The document, modestly entitled Working With Liam Byrne, reads like a script fro … more →

Tags: Don't Get Fooled Again, Derek Draper, Damian McBride, derek draper red rag, Ed Balls, liam byrne instruction manual

Guido Fawkes savages the Telegraph's forelock-tugging political journalists

Richard Wilson wrote 8 months ago: From Guido Fawkes in The Telegraph There are a lot of bitter, jealous journalists at the Telegraph a … more →

Tags: Undisclosed affiliations, corruption, democracy, Don't Get Fooled Again, telegraph pseudo-news, Guido Fawkes

Telegraph newspaper denounces torture investigation — 1 comment

Richard Wilson wrote 8 months ago: True to form, the Telegraph newspaper has roundly denounced the news that there is to be a criminal … more →

Tags: Don't Get Fooled Again, corruption, democracy, telegraph newspaper, Con Coughlin, complicity in torture, con coughlin torture, con coughlin bogus intelligence, telegraph pseudo-news

The toxic legacy of Turner and Newall's asbestos denialism

Richard Wilson wrote 9 months ago: In “Don’t Get Fooled Again” I highlight the ongoing efforts by the asbestos indust … more →

Tags: Don't Get Fooled Again, Denialism, Hill and Knowlton, PR Industry, Asbestos, turner and newall asbestos, asbestos denialism, asbestos hill and knowlton

Poll: Is it right for the Sunday Telegraph to mislead the public about the health risks of asbestos? — 1 comment

Richard Wilson wrote 10 months ago: The Sunday Telegraph columnist Christopher Booker has now written at least 41 different articles in … more →

Tags: Don't Get Fooled Again, Bogus experts, Pseudo-Science, Bogus sceptics, corruption, Undisclosed affiliations, chrysotile, chrysotile institute, Christopher Booker

Health experts urge Canadian government to stop funding the Chrysotile Institute — 1 comment

Richard Wilson wrote 11 months ago: In “Don’t Get Fooled Again”, I highlight Sunday Telegraph columnist Christopher Bo … more →

Tags: Don't Get Fooled Again, Bogus experts, Pseudo-Science, Bogus sceptics, corruption, Asbestos, Undisclosed affiliations, chrysotile, chrysotile institute

Is it wrong to highlight the deaths of HIV-positive AIDS denialists who reject medications and urge others to do the same? — 18 comments

Richard Wilson wrote 11 months ago: In “Don’t Get Fooled Again”, I look at the role played by the media in promoting d … more →

Tags: Don't Get Fooled Again, Conspiracy Theories, absence of evidence, Denialism, evidence of absence, Bogus experts, pseudo news, Pseudo-Science, AIDS denialism

Richard North caught white-washing Booker's Wikipedia entry — 6 comments

Richard Wilson wrote 11 months ago: Wikipedia’s article on Christopher Booker is currently the top search result when you type typ … more →

Tags: absence of evidence, Asbestos, Bogus experts, Bogus sceptics, censorship, Checks and Balances, Don't Get Fooled Again, evidence of absence, Christopher Booker

David Gorski on the insidious myth of "balance" in science reporting

Richard Wilson wrote 11 months ago: From Science-based medicine I believe that most reporters in the media do really want to get it righ … more →

Tags: Don't Get Fooled Again, absence of evidence, Denialism, evidence of absence, pseudo news, Pseudo-Science, Alternative Medicine, PR Industry, Bogus sceptics

Liberal Conspiracy on Christopher Booker's scientific credentials

Richard Wilson wrote 11 months ago: From Liberal Conspiracy Rejoice, people! Whatever you may’ve read, however many chilling predictions … more →

Tags: Don't Get Fooled Again, Conspiracy Theories, absence of evidence, Denialism, evidence of absence, Bogus experts, Bogus sceptics, corruption, Truthiness

The Sun says... — 1 comment

Richard Wilson wrote 1 year ago: It’s hardly news that pundits and columnists often talk at cross purposes and contradict thems … more →

Tags: Don't Get Fooled Again, Terrorism, Freedom of Information, Checks and Balances, corruption, Freedom of Expression, sweeping new powers, Damian Green, Sun Newspaper

A little bit of history repeating itself... George Monbiot on the lies told in the run-up to the First World War

Richard Wilson wrote 1 year ago: From The Guardian Another anniversary, almost forgotten in this country, falls tomorrow. On November … more →

Tags: Don't Get Fooled Again, WMD, Undisclosed affiliations, Checks and Balances, iraq, World War I, Secret Treaties

Survey shows that just 22% trust UK government ministers to tell the truth

Richard Wilson wrote 1 year ago: From the BBC: Public trust in senior politicians has fallen in the last two years, according to a su … more →

Tags: Don't Get Fooled Again, Freedom of Information, corruption, Truthiness, Political Lying, Committee on Standards in Public Life

Veteran Liberal MP's asbestos industry links exposed — 1 comment

Richard Wilson wrote 1 year ago: The Daily Mirror has picked up on a story that’s been doing the rounds in Rochdale for a while … more →

Tags: Don't Get Fooled Again, Freedom of Information, Checks and Balances, Undisclosed affiliations, Asbestos, chrysotile, corruption, spodden valley, Cyril Smith

Ronald McDonald lookalike blames bloggers for "culture of cynicism and despair" — 4 comments

Richard Wilson wrote 1 year ago: Communities Minister Hazel Blears In a speech pre-released to today’s Guardian, the UK governm … more →

Tags: Don't Get Fooled Again, Freedom of Information, Checks and Balances, corruption, censorship, WMD, Tony Blair, Hazel Blears, ronald mcdonald

In his 41st article on the subject, Booker accuses the BBC of "moral corruption" for highlighting the health risks of asbestos — 4 comments

Richard Wilson wrote 1 year ago: Earlier this week the BBC’s Today Programme reported a rise in the number of teachers, doctors … more →

Tags: Don't Get Fooled Again, Conspiracy Theories, Bogus experts, pseudo news, Undisclosed affiliations, Pseudo-Science, Asbestos, Booker attacks..., John Bridle


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