Year: 2006
The Daily Mail: An Apology
Those of you who have read my last blog entry might be under the impression that I believe the Daily Mail is a deeply ignorant […]
The First Annual Quackometer Awards and Year Review
The Quackometer has been up and running for just about a year and has seen some serious traffic increases over the past six months. Starting […]
A Pantomime of Science
A criticism often levied at the quackometer is that it is very broad brush. Fair enough. It is often quite general in what it says, […]
Quack Word #16: ‘Nutritionist’
A regular comment to me is to ask “why have I got it in for Nutritionists?” Surely, these are dedicated health professionals who do wonders […]
PHYTOBIOPHYSICS® – Flower Power or Duck Weed?
A big thanks to quackometer correspondent, a broadcaster, journalist and nutritional therapist, Suzi Grant for bringing me to the attention of the wonderful sounding healing […]
Kryotherapy – Freezing the Balls off a Brazen Quack
The Quackometer is far from perfect. Sometimes quackery slips though its little webbed feet and I need to update it. Often a story in the […]
An Holistic View of the Quackoblogosphere
For a while now, the quackometer has been regularly and automatically scanning various blogs for good writing about quackery. The end result is a twice-daily […]
QuackSafeTM Search Engine
Le Canard Noir is pleased to announce the arrival of the Quackometer QuackSafeTM Search Engine. Do you quickly need to debunk the latest fraudulent claim? […]
The Scent of a Quack…
At last, what appears to be some reasonable criticism of high street quackery in the Daily Mail… Well, it sort of starts out OK with […]