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Michael Marshall
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Michael Marshall is the project director of the Good Thinking Society and president of the Merseyside Skeptics Society. He is the co-host of the Skeptics with a K podcast, interviews proponents of pseudoscience on the Be Reasonable podcast, has given skeptical talks all around the world, and has lectured at several universities on the role of PR in the media. He became editor of The Skeptic in August 2020.
The Ockham Awards 2023: recognising the best in skepticism, and the worst in pseudoscience
Nominations for the 2023 Ockham Awards are now open, with our annual award for Skeptical Activism and our Rusty Razor award for pseudoscience.
It’s almost certainly not true that one in four British people think Covid was a hoax
If we are going to make a dent on conspiracy theories we need to accurately understand how prevalent they are - and avoid scaremongering exaggerations
Celebrity chef Gino D’Acampo isn’t dead… but the credibility of Twitter ads might well be
Twitter accepted payment to promote tweets falsely claiming celebrity deaths, linking to scam sites impersonating national newspapers to push cryptocurrency scams
Matt Le Tissier talks to The Skeptic about Covid, vaccines, 15-minute cities and climate change
The Skeptic editor, Michael Marshall, sat down with former footballer Matt Le Tissier to ask why he has become increasingly vocal in his support for conspiracy theories
Patience isn’t just a virtue, it’s a crucial part of showing compassion for conspiracy theorists
Continuing to engage hecklers with as much patience and compassion as possible is the only hope we have for reaching people we disagree with
15 minute cities: the latest big bad of the conspiracy theory ecosystem
Why did 15 minute cities go from a niche town planning proposal to a full-blown paranoia? Because existing conspiracist networks needed their next big fear
When copyright credit scammers target skeptical organisations
The QED conference was accused of copyright infringement, but something didn't smell right, which is when Michael Marshall started digging...
Andrew Bridgen: How a Conservative MP got red-pilled on Covid vaccine misinformation
After months of sharing COVID-19 vaccine scaremongering and misinformation, Andrew Bridgen MP was finally suspended from the Conservative party
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