Investigative Skepticism Versus the Mass Media
We are constantly being bombarded with messages from newspapers, television, blogs and social media sites like Facebook and Twitter about alleged facts, recently published scientific studies and...
View ArticleTime to Get Rid of Bad Science Journalism
One of the largest obstacles to the public understanding of science is the presence of pseudoscientific crankery that replaces evidence with personal testimony and critical thinking with personal...
View ArticleMetro Promotes Anti-Vaccine Homeopath During Measles Outbreak
Before vaccines, measles use to infect an estimated 3-4 million people a year in the United States (CDC, 2012). Measles led to brain inflammation for 1 in 1000 and death in 1 in 500 (CDC, 2012)....
View ArticleScientific American Publishes Anti-Psychiatry Nonsense
Imagine that Scientific American published a blog post promoting the idea that we should abandon a disease-centered perspective on autoimmunity because the simplified notion of “immunological...
View ArticleLisa Magnusson Falsely Claims Blood Donation Rules Are “Pure Moralism”
Bad science journalism is a considerable threat to the integrity and process of the public understanding of science. Far too often, good science reporting is replaced by sensationalist and...
View ArticleLisa Magnusson Spreads Myths about Antibiotics, Acne and Animals
Today, mainstream media is increasingly distrusted. One aspect of this is their enormously substandard reporting on science and frequent scientific errors in other areas. Previously, we have examined...
View ArticleKaterina Janouch: Natural Birth Quacktivist and Hooligan Supporter
Katerina Janouch is a journalist, sexologist and author. However, she is also a homebirth quacktivist. She fear mongers about hospitals and demonizes (elective) C-sections, believes that homebirth is...
View ArticleDo Not Order Cannabis Oil Online To Treat Child Epilepsy
Cannabis oil is an umbrella term for oily extracts from the plant Cannabis sativa with varying concentrations of THC and other cannabinoids, such as cannabidiol. Products containing even low amounts of...
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