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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.
Why we should have listened to Flat Earth believers (even though they were completely wrong)
Since making headlines in 2018, many Flat Earth believers have become Covid deniers and QAnon followers. The signs were always there.
How the Society of Homeopaths had their accredited status suspended
After years of anti-vaccine misinformation and bogus claims to cure autism, the Society of Homeopaths has lost its accredited status
David Icke’s 2018 tour sowed the seeds for a return to the conspiracy mainstream
David Icke's 2018 tour sanitised some of his more outré claims and played to the free speech gallery, readying his return to the mainstream.
The Outbrain drain: why newspaper sites have run thousands of scam ads
The news media is in an income crisis, but the solution cannot be for newspapers to lend their reputations to scams and fakers
Anti-vaxxers are dangerously wrong, but we should be wary of writing them off as stupid or selfish
If we want to be effective in countering anti-vaxxers, we need to understand their arguments, and why people believe them.
Dr Natália Pasternak wins Skeptical Activism Ockham award; Skeptics in the Pub Online wins Editor’s Choice
Dr Natalia Pasternak has received the 2020 Ockham Award for skeptical activism, and Skeptics in the Pub Online receive the Editor's Choice award
French scientist Didier Raoult given Rusty Razor Award for pseudoscience
French microbiologist Didier Raoult has been given the 2020 Rusty Razor for his promotion of hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment.
From scam product ads to conspiracy theories, misinformation always adapts to survive
The techniques developed by affiliate marketers to spread scam products mirrors the way in which conspiracy theories nimbly adapt to spread misinformation
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