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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.

Jeremy Clarkson isn’t the sexiest man alive – he’s just headline fodder for a dodgy PR campaign

Dozens of newspapers recently reported on the finding that women across the UK want to sleep with Jeremy Clarkson - in a story that was merely an advert for a PR-savvy company

How to engage with arguments rationally, respectfully, and with humility

Daniel Dennett's rules for engaging with arguments are a good start, but here's what I've learned from a decade of interviewing people with fringe beliefs

Electronic advertising is a climate crime that makes our public spaces more hostile

The giant screen at Euston Station boasts of saving energy, while using more electricity than the average street, just to serve us adverts we didn't consent to see

Dragons’ Den has a quackery problem that goes far beyond ear seeds

While recent attention has understandably been on Dragons' Den's promotion of ME/cfs quackery, the BBC show's flirtation with pseudoscience runs much deeper

Gillian Anderson misses the “G Spot” with her range of wellness drinks and health claims

The marketing for G Spot - the new range of wellness drinks from Gillian Anderson - goes beyond cheeky into outright misleading

Andrew Bridgen’s debate on Covid vaccine deaths: skewed statistics, but no substance

Andrew Bridgen MP promised an honest parliamentary debate on excess deaths since the Covid vaccine rollout - what he gave us was clearly not that

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

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
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