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Clicker Training Dogs: Debunking Some Common Myths

mariusnewsblog wrote 2 days ago: While more and more owners and trainers are embracing the rewarding world of clicker training, it is … more →

Tags: Training, clicker, common, Myths

Nature vs Nurture. Time to end the debate2 comments

Science of Dogs. wrote 2 days ago: Since I brought up Darwin in the last post, it seemed obvious that I would follow it with one about … more →

Tags: Animal Behavior, Behavior, canis familiaris, Cognition, dog, Ecology, Ethology, Evolution, Science

Four weeks on: No answer from WaPo about empty links to Jessica Lynch stories

W. Joseph Campbell wrote 3 days ago: Lynch photo at WaPo’s Iraq archive Want to read the Washington Post article of April 10, 2003, … more →

Tags: Jessica Lynch, Media Myths, Newspapers, Washington Post, Digital scrubbing, Fact Checking, Iraq War, media, Media-driven myths

ACT Case Study: The Bunyip

archaeochick wrote 5 days ago: Today’s Awesome-Crypto-Tuesday is about the Australian creature, the Bunyip. The Bunyip, or ki … more →

Tags: mythology, folklore, Cryptozoology, Education, Awesome-Crypto-Tuesday, Case Study, aborigines, Australia, Bunyip

Kurtz invokes 'if I've lost Cronkite' myth in reviewing new Cronkite biography

W. Joseph Campbell wrote 6 days ago: Media critic Howard Kurtz invokes one of American journalism’s most tenacious media myths in a … more →

Tags: Cronkite Moment, Media Myths, 1968, daily beast, Fact Checking, getting it wrong, Media-driven myths, New York Times, vietnam war

Cronkite biographer on the 'Cronkite Moment': A bit muddled1 comment

W. Joseph Campbell wrote 1 week ago: Historian Douglas Brinkley will be out soon with an 800-page biography of Walter Cronkite, the promi … more →

Tags: Cronkite Moment, Media Myths, 1968, Fact Checking, getting it wrong, New York Times, vietnam war

10 Paranormal Videos Debunked

Mason I. Bilderberg wrote 1 week ago: The days of grainy 8 mm films of UFOs, Bigfoot and lake monsters are long gone. As video editing sof … more →

Tags: Paranormal, fun stuff, Bizarre, UFO, Debunk, Bigfoot, Ghosts, Skeptics, Skepticism

Psychic Mary Occhino Doesn’t Know Best

Mason I. Bilderberg wrote 1 week ago: Mary Occhino is a rising psychic star in the national spotlight. In the last few years she has writt … more →

Tags: psychics, Debunk, Skeptics, Skepticism, Debunked, psychic medium, Paranormal, syfy, Psychological

ACT Case Study: The Siberian Yeti

archaeochick wrote 1 week ago: Okay kiddies. I’ve decided to install another weekly post I’d like to call Awesome Crypt … more →

Tags: mythology, folklore, Cryptozoology, Paranormal, Exploration, Yeti, Siberia, Awesome-Crypto-Tuesday, Chuchunya

Ancient Aliens Debunked – Part 7 – Now Posted

Mason I. Bilderberg wrote 1 week ago: Ancient Aliens Debunked – Part 7 – Now Posted “There are many strange UFO’s and Al … more →

Tags: aliens, UFO, Debunk, Skeptics, Skepticism, Conspiracy, Debunked, Extra-terrestrials, ET

Resources for debunking 9/11 Conspiracy Theories

Mason I. Bilderberg wrote 1 week ago: Many of us know a 9/11 “truther” but, if you’re like me, you enjoy reality too muc … more →

Tags: Conspiracy, Skepticism, 9/11, paranoid, Debunk, Skeptics, Skepticism, Debunked, conspiracists

Two weeks on: Still waiting for WaPo on missing Jessica Lynch online content1 comment

W. Joseph Campbell wrote 2 weeks ago: Lynch photo at WaPo’s Iraq archive Two weeks ago, the Washington Post ombudsman promised to lo … more →

Tags: Jessica Lynch, Media Myths, Newspapers, Washington Post, Digital scrubbing, Fact Checking, Iraq War, Media-driven myths, Ombudsman

Worst punctuation complaint ever21 comments

Rob F wrote 2 weeks ago: I just found this ridiculous rant concerning punctuation. The guts of that post is that English punc … more →

Tags: language, stupidity, Questions, Grammar, Linguistics, <punctuation>, writing, English language

Those 'warmongering' papers of William Randolph Hearst

W. Joseph Campbell wrote 3 weeks ago: The first major engagement of the Spanish-American War took place 114 years ago today — in the … more →

Tags: 1897, Furnish the war, Media Myths, Spanish-American War, Yellow Journalism, cuba, Fact Checking, getting it wrong, hearst

National Press Club invokes media myths of Watergate

W. Joseph Campbell wrote 4 weeks ago: The National Press Club indulged in a couple of tenacious media myths about Watergate in announcing … more →

Tags: Media Myths, Newspapers, Scandal, Washington Post, Watergate myth, All the President's Men, getting it wrong, Media-driven myths, National Press Club

Debunking Annuity Objections

jasonsellsinsurance wrote 1 month ago: Dementia was a central element in the case against Glenn A. Neasham, an insurance producer in Califo … more →

Tags: jasonsellsinsurance.com, Annuity, Objections

Digitally scrubbing WaPo's embarrassment on Jessica Lynch?2 comments

W. Joseph Campbell wrote 1 month ago: The Washington Post carried a fine story yesterday about Vogue magazine’s apparent removal fro … more →

Tags: Media Myths, Jessica Lynch, Washington Post, getting it wrong, Fact Checking, Iraq War, Research, Digital scrubbing

Monica Pignotti In Black And White: Where's The Book?

virtualsodium wrote 1 month ago: Here you go, and it does not get any more real than this, straight from one of Monica Pignotti … more →

Tags: larry sarner, linda rosa, Mark Steinberg, monica pignotti, pseudoscience, quackery, roger callahan, Thought Field Therapy, voice technology

The Thing I Like About ...

smrcooper wrote 1 month ago: … the Rocky Mountain Paranormal Society – their objectivity. I have always been interested in … more →

Tags: SMR Cooper's official author's site, Rocky Mountain Paranormal Research Society, Bryan and Baxter, Objectivity, ghosthunting, credibility, Paranormal Investigation


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