Quack Word #3: ‘Doctor’
UPDATE 12/2/07 Congratulations to Ben Goldacre and the crew at Bad Science for getting Dr Gillian McKeith banned from using the title ‘Dr’. In today’s […]
Skinny Homeopathic Grande Cappuccino To Go Please
Yes, sometimes I do get filled with self-doubts, usually in the night. It soon passes. But you see, there is just so much quackery out […]
The Paradox of the Good Homeopath
A correspondent has made valid points about the quackometer that I should be careful to ensure that it only awards Canards to real quacks. A […]
E-mail alerts of Quackery in the Newspapers
If you would like to receive emails whenever the quackometer finds a quack newspaper article, then provide your email address here. Email alerts will only […]
Boots the Quack
I have recently been accused of working for the ‘drug industry’ and just picking on the ‘little guys’ who are using gentle, more human, and […]
Quack Word #12: ‘Organic’
I believe that organic food is a con, is not necessarily more healthy for you, tastes no different, and is damaging to the environment. There, […]
The Guild of the Gullible?
I think that this may be a story of despair. It may be a story about the mountain that has to be climbed if we […]
Quack Word #37: ‘Holistic’
As you know, the quackometer works by counting words, or combinations of words, that strongly suggest the web site is full of quackery. I thought […]
RSS Quack Alert Feeds Now Added
You can now subscribe to RSS Feeds to get all the Quackiest Stories direct to your browser without scanning the news sites and papers yourself. […]
Advances in Quackometrics – News Alerts
The latest quackometer functionality is now being tested on the quackometer web site. Throughout the day, the little black duck will be reading the news […]