The quackometer is a project based around the automation of debunking quack medicine on the web. The web is full of pages supporting dubious medical claims and inflated capabilities for cures. The freedom that the web gives us to express our views, entertain and do business also gives quacks a way to make a living by promoting nonsense treatments to unsuspecting people.
Spotting these web sites appears to be easy when you know what to look out for. If it is that easy, can the process be automated? The quackometer project intends to find out.
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Kevin Wright and the Cancer Charities that Harm Children.
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 17:13:04 +0000
A month ago, I saw two young men in Bristol Temple Meads Station collecting money for the charity Kids Integrated Cancer Treatment. They were holding two large plastic apples for passing passengers to put money in and telling people they…
The Inspection of Steiner Schools
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:10:48 +0000
Last week, it was reported that pupils at Ringwood Waldorf School, a private Steiner School, had been given art lessons in “supervised self harm”. The pupils had been encouraged to cut themselves with a blade as part of an art…
An Unacceptable Response from the BBC
Thu, 04 Jul 2013 16:29:00 +0000
I have received a reply from the BBC to my complaint that BBC Radio London seriously misled its listeners during a ‘Barking Hour’ programme on the use of chiropractic and homeopathy for dogs. Details of the concerns are listed on…
What the Steiner Waldorf School Movement did not want you to read.
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:54:44 +0000
Earlier this month, Gr�goire Perra�was finally acquitted in a French court after the Federation of Waldorf �Steiner Schools in France decided to sue�Gr�goire Perra, a former Steiner teacher, for publishing a critique of the schools and the anthroposophy movement. The…
William Alderson Hung Out to Dry by Homeopaths
Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:40:53 +0000
The desire for homeopaths to�obtain�state-recognised legitimacy has been tearing the trade apart for a decade or more. On one side are those with ambitions to be seen as mainstream and respectable. On the other side, those that want to remain…
BBC Devon Promotes Dangerously Deluded HIV Homeopaths in Africa
BBC London 94.9 Barking Hour Lives Up to its Name
Society of Homeopaths Seeks Accreditation from the Professional Standards Authority
Steiner Schools, Vaccination and Measles Outbreaks
Homeopaths Embrace Vaccination Against Measles – Or Do They?