This week the skeptic blogs have been dominated by talk of Dawkins’ and Hitchens’ plan to arrest the Pope, but there have been many other great stories including fantastic news regarding Simon Singh. Find out about all that and more in this week’s roundup.
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Weekly News and Blog Roundup: Singh for the Moment
Although I wrote this on Thursday, I assure you none of the articles are April Fools, no matter how ridiculous some of them might seem.
Simon Singh Wins Libel Court Battle
Well, that’s the Guardian’s misleading title. Simon Singh has won his appeal case, in which it was concluded that his statements were of opinion not fact, allowing him to use the defence of fair comment. A more accurate title would have been ‘Simon Singh Wins an Appeal That Should Never Have Been Necessary, Bringing Him Back Up to Square One’. Even so, this is fantastic news.
Watch the Channel 4 news report here.
Weekly News and Blog Roundup: What He Said
In this week’s roundup you will learn: what Jack Straw has to say about UK libel laws; what (little) the Pope had to say about kiddy fiddlers; and what you can say to your apples to keep them fresh. Continue reading
Weekly News and Blog Roundup: Religious Institutions Get It (Almost) All Their Own Way
From paedophile priest cover-ups to textbook propaganda, it might seem that religious institutions have been getting it all their own way this week. Fortunately, you can always rely on Atheist Ireland to rack up a couple of points for the home side.
Weekly News and Blog Roundup
Stories in this week’s roundup include: the newly announced Jihad against Switzerland; the Secular Coalition for America’s meeting with the Obama administration; and a Danish newspaper’s apology for publishing cartoon depictions of the prophet Muhammad.