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More Science Bloggers On Dore And The Complaint To The ASA

by podblack on December 18, 2009

Just a quick late-night/very-early-morning-whip around for all of you keeping track of the ongoing Dore saga: Holford Watch, whose original complaint was upheld – ASA: Dore advert is “misleading” and breaches rules on “truthfullness” and “substantiation”. Brainduck‘s blog is a MUST READ – it is astounding how much grace-under-pressure this blogger produces while keeping up with [...]

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Bloggers Do It Again! Goldacre On Singh’s Story Online

by podblack on July 30, 2009

An intrepid, ragged band of bloggers – The Guardian: Chiropractors may regret choosing to sue Simon Singh, springing online scientists into action – But more interestingly than that, a ragged band of bloggers from all walks of life has, to my mind, done a better job of subjecting an entire industry’s claims to meaningful, public, [...]

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Seriously Cool – Stephen Fry Weighs In On Ben Goldacre Vs Jeni Barnett

by podblack on February 10, 2009

From the comments on Ben Goldacre’s Bad Science site: The fatuity of the Jeni Barnett woman’s manner – her blend of self-righteousness and stupidity, her simply quite staggering inability to grasp, pursue or appreciate a sequence of logical steps – all these are signature characteristics of Britain these days. The lamentable truth is that most [...]

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Now It Has Hit The Times – Jeni Barnett Barney Over MMR

by podblack on February 10, 2009

EDIT TO ADD – Dr Ginger Campbell of Brain Science podcast also faces lashback over her recent interview with Dr. Paul Offit, author of “Autism’s False Prophets,” which does a good job of detailing the story of Andrew Wakefield, the anti-vaccine lobby’s “hero.” Please feel free to copy and share this interview with others. And [...]

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Well, I Never Thought It’d Hit Wikipedia… More Barnett Barney LBC 97.3

by podblack on February 7, 2009

In a February 2009 show, Barnett’s topics included the MMR vaccine, in which she and some callers expressed negative opinions of the vaccination, allopathic medicine in general, and disagreed that recent disease outbreaks should be blamed on parents that choose not to vaccinate their children. The discussion attracted considerable criticism of its accuracy and possible [...]

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Bloggers Behind Simon Singh – Where The News Is At

by podblack on August 19, 2008

My fellow Translucent Science bloggers, who have long been keeping a keen eye on the Dore developments whilst I’ve been busy travelling for research purposes, have all the buzz for you on what’s going on with the British Chiropractic Association vs Simon Singh. But first – there’s a brand new review out in the Wall [...]

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The Edger – Young Freethought Leaders Blog!

by podblack on August 16, 2008

http://theedger.org/ – “Edger is a Center for Inquiry student initiative”. Edger presents hard-hitting and reasoned news, views, and event promotion on issues pertaining to secularism, atheism, science, humanism, and the cosmos, and actively promotes and celebrates international freethought activism. Written in a youthful tone, but mature in content, Edger is sure to be a driving [...]

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Translucent Science On Parlimentary Motion About Dore

by podblack on June 18, 2008

Check it out here: Paul Flynn MP Early Day Motion on Dore (and bloggers). It is featured on the Parliament UK website, as a motion in the House of Commons. Therefore it is getting some political attention! I hope other countries do likewise! In addition – Flynn asks “Will the media react and repent their gullibility”, [...]

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