CNN banned all reporting on the Covid lab leak theory because it was "racist". No wonder the network's Covid coverage was found to be a leading source of distrust, says Paul Thacker.
A key factor driving the world to lockdown in 2020 was remote-working technology like Zoom that, for the first time, made extended periods of isolation economically viable, argues Prof Jay Bhattacharya.
The Government's sinister Counter-Disinformation Unit targeted Oxford Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine Carl Heneghan for questioning the evidence for lockdown. Read his stinging response.
Flu largely disappeared during 2020 and 2021, giving rise to ideas among some sceptics that it was being missed and wrongly classified as Covid. However, influenza surveillance data confirm that it really did vanish.
Cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra is making waves in Australia as he renews his call for the Covid shots to be suspended over heart risks, saying prior vaccines “have been pulled for much less”.
Dame Jacinda Ardern, Sir Chris Whitty, Dame June Raine, Sir Gavin Williamson, Dame Jenny Harries – the list of misplaced honours for the lockdown gang while real heroes go unsung is a travesty, writes Allison Pearson.
Oxfam faces boycott calls over a Pride month cartoon which saw it accused of basing an anti-trans 'villain' on J.K. Rowling.
On the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are Andrew Tate's confrontation with the BBC, Robert Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign and the literal and metaphorical fall of Joe Biden.
The World Health Organisation and the European Union yesterday announced their collaboration on global digital vaccine passports at a joint press conference in Geneva.
Paris police showed their U.K. counterparts how to deal with road-blocking eco-loon protesters as they used tear gas and baton charges to stop activists disrupting oil giant Total's annual general meeting.
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