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Shadows of Denial
Read more: Shadows of DenialProminent nutritionist Dr. David Katz rails against the anti-vax movement in latest Huff Post column — why then does he associate with “cult-like” anti-vaxxers? Via “Flu, Light, And Truth: FLUx et Veritas,” by Dr. David L. Katz, The Huffington Post, October 7, 2016: This is just the right time for an annual booster of light and truth…
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Faux News
Read more: Faux NewsFox News pundit Monica Crowley “incorrectly labeled the Bullsh**ter of the Day” – Salon publishes my corrections request re: snarky takedown column Via Salon’s “Bullsh**ter of the Day” column yesterday, staff writer Mireia Triguero Roura took aim at Fox News pundit Monica Crowley. The target of Roura’s ire was an October 5 tweet in which Crowley,…
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BBC News-bait
Read more: BBC News-baitBBC Newsbeat aimed “to provoke conversation” with tweet about Ukrainian prankster Vitalii Sediuk’s alleged sexual assault of reality TV star Kim Kardashian Last week, BBC Newsbeat – the flagship news programme on BBC Radio 1 – tweeted the following apparently rhetorical question regarding Ukrainian “prankster” Vitalii Sediuk’s alleged sexual assault of US television personality Kim Kardashian: Newsbeat was roundly criticized for using “clickbait rhetorical…
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Unfurnished
Read more: UnfurnishedAward-winning reporter Tristin Hopper says The National Post geo-blocked his article about UK celebrity injunction after being contacted by internationally renowned law firm Fasken Martineau Last month, I blogged about efforts by David Furnish—husband of pop singer Elton John—to censor journalists and Internet users from reporting or discussing his alleged extra-marital affair with another married couple. Furnish…
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A Big Fat Critique
Read more: A Big Fat CritiqueAuthor/journalist Nina Teicholz’s critique of Retraction Watch’s reporting re: failed attempt by DC special interest group to retract her BMJ article Via “BMJ won’t retract controversial dietary guidelines article, says author” by editor Alison McCook, Retraction Watch, September 23, 2016: The BMJ is not going to retract a 2015 article criticizing the expert report underlying…
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Where’s the Beef?
Read more: Where’s the Beef?Politico reports that the BMJ will not retract “controversial” dietary guidelines article by Nina Teicholz, author of New York Times best-seller, The Big Fat Surprise Via Politico’s Morning Agriculture (MA) blog, Teicholz said she was notified of the journal’s decision after it conducted a months-long review: A controversial article questioning the science behind the U.S. Dietary Guidelines that…
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Unblurred Lines
Read more: Unblurred LinesThe Independent publishes my corrections request re: Crown Prosecution Service’s skewed statistics on rape convictions Last week, I blogged about the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) having exaggerated the 2015-16 rape conviction rate. Via a press release, the CPS claimed that it was “convicting more cases of rape…than ever before,” with “a rise in the rape conviction rate…
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Blurred Lines
Read more: Blurred LinesUK prosecution service fudges the statistics on rape Earlier this month, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) released its annual Violence Against Women and Girls crime report.¹ Via a press release, the CPS claimed that it was “convicting more cases of rape…than ever before,” with “a rise in the rape conviction rate [from 56.9] to 57.9 per…
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The Bitch is Back
Read more: The Bitch is BackCarter-Ruck Lawyers passes the baton to Schillings partners in Elton John three-way tabloid scandal, but where does that leave Internet users threatened with legal action? The juiciest celebrity news story of 2016 went unreported in the UK thanks to strong-arm legal tactics by David Furnish, husband of pop singer Elton John. As you didn’t read in the newspapers,…
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