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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BBC Uphold My Complaint About Jo Good on Barking Hour
Wed, 23 Oct 2013 06:33:41 +0000
This week, the BBC has published its findings into an investigation of a May episode of BBC London’s Barking Hour programme where misleading, dangerous and possibly illegal advice was given about he treatment of animals with chiropractic and homeopathy. Despite the…
Professional Standards Authority Gives Accreditation to Ofquack
Thu, 10 Oct 2013 23:11:51 +0000
Ofquack, or the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) (www.ofquack.org.uk), has been approved as an Accredited Voluntary Register by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). So now, craniosacral therapists, ear acupuncturists, reflexologists and reiki healers can claim to be covered by similar professional standards…
Call to Action: Tesco and WDDTY
Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:31:42 +0000
Tesco may be changing its stance on this highly controversial magazine. Time to act and remind them how dangerous and unacceptable this publication is. For a year now, there has been much concern that mainstream retail outlets have been stocking and selling…
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
What the Steiner Waldorf School Movement did not want you to read.
William Alderson Hung Out to Dry by Homeopaths
BBC Devon Promotes Dangerously Deluded HIV Homeopaths in Africa