Psychic Detective Nonsense
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 Posted in Bad media, Paranormal | No Comments »So I note with interest (thanks to my convenient Perl script that emails me on occasion to let me know) that the Psychic detective has updated their website again, and I thought it might be a good idea to review ...
Ben Goldacre on MMR
Sunday, March 15th, 2009 Posted in Bad media, Health | No Comments »More from Dr. Ben Goldacre, of Bad Science fame, about the MMR - Autism controversy. Ben Goldacre on YouTube The part of that particular video that slightly annoys me is the very end. After Ben has finished giving a short and, in ...
Crappy TV
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 Posted in Bad media | No Comments »Just a short rant this one. Well, not so much a rant as a request. I'm not being mean, and I hope I'm not being elitist, when I say "please, television executives, will you kindly stop wasting so much money ...
Get a sense of humour
Saturday, November 8th, 2008 Posted in Bad media, Politics | No Comments »With apologies to Bill Maher: New Rule: People with no sense of humour should stop complaining about things said by comedians. Seriously people, if you don't like comedy, then don't watch it. But don't stop the rest of us from enjoying it ...
Bad Science
Saturday, October 25th, 2008 Posted in Bad media, General Science, Health | No Comments »If you don't do anything else I ever tell you, then make absolutely sure that you read Ben Goldacre's book "Bad Science". Just to make it easier for you, here's the Amazon.co.uk link. Dr Goldacre is a trained medical doctor, ...
Battlefield Earth
Friday, July 18th, 2008 Posted in Bad media | No Comments »I've finally just watched Battlefield Earth: possibly the worst train-wreck of a movie ever created. At least, according to pretty much any review ever written. And yes, it's pretty awful, though I think it's still got some competition. "Batman & ...
The Qu’ran
Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Bad media, Religion | No Comments »I wonder if anyone else out there saw the lengthy documentary on Channel 4, British TV, tonight on the subject of the Qu'ran? It was certainly fascinating and scary in equal measure, not least of which because I know exactly ...
