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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.

Not right about nitrites? Mouse study provokes media scaremongering over cured meat

Headlines warn of the carcinogenic chemicals in school meals, but before we ban smoked sausages and nitrites, we'll need to see some better evidence

Knowledge Fight podcast wins Skeptical Activism Ockham award

Knowledge Fight podcast has today been named the 2023 recipient of the Ockham Award for Skeptical Activism.

Cardiologist and Covid vaccine critic Dr Aseem Malhotra wins 2023 Rusty Razor award

A cardiologist who has spent the pandemic spreading Covid vaccine misinformation, Dr Aseem Malhotra, has today been named the 2022 recipient of the “Rusty Razor” award

The World Health Organisation is misguided in its handling of ‘traditional’ medicine

The WHO is right to say we should respect indigenous, 'traditional' medical knowledge - but proper respect means applying scrutiny and rigour

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
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