Qu-Chi Coup at the Telegraph
In a shocking move the Daily Telegraph has got rid of its Business Editor, and subsequently the other Financial and City columnists have left. In […]
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The Two Most Dangerous Words in Medicine are “Studies Show.”
Jerry Addler has published his New Year’s resolution in Newsweek, I will not report on any amazing new treatments for anything, unless they were tested […]
Absence of Evidence
The absence of the Bad Science column in yesterday’s Guardian has all the makings of a bigger story than had there actually been a column. […]
Teachers’ Union Demand Meteorite Shields For Schools
Quackery thrives on fear. Cancer, infection and injury are rightly things to be concerned about. Despite the near doubling of our expected life span in […]
Luv a Duck – it’s Magnetic Holisitic Slippers!
It’s that time of year again when a young male duck’s thoughts turn to the browner sex. Yes, its St Valentine’s Day, and gift buying […]
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, […]
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 […]