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Heavily Criticised Pro-lockdown Paper Cited Far More Than Anti-lockdown Papers
A heavily-criticised study that concluded lockdown saved 3 million lives in Europe has been cited 2,779 times. More-rigorous studies concluding lockdown had little impact have garnered far fewer citations.
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The Flawed Fact-Check Being Used to Discredit the Damning Cochrane Review on Masking
Thorsteinn Siglaugsson has fact-checked the fact checker whose work is being used to discredit the Cochrane review on masking which concluded there's no high-quality evidence that face masks reduce the spread of COVID-19.
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Why Are Net Zero Advocates So Self-Righteous, Given the Policy Depends on Child and Slave Labour?
The moral grandstanding of Net Zero advocates is a little hard to stomach, given that the policy is contingent on child and slave labour, writes Chris Morrison, the Daily Sceptic's Environment Editor.
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News Round-Up
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the virus and the vaccines, the ‘climate emergency’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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If You Have High Blood Pressure and a Dodgy Ticker, Steer Clear of Alastair Campbell’s Twitter Account
Law Professor David McGrogan is puzzled by Alastair Campbell’s moral grandstanding over Lineker, given his role in compiling the 'Dodgy Dossier' and his attacks on a BBC journalist when he was Tony Blair's comms chief.
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Why the Lineker Saga Will Accelerate the BBC’s Demise
The Lineker incident will accelerate the demise of the BBC license fee, highlighting the fact that a broadcaster cannot hope to represent "all of us" in such a polarised era, argues Patrick O’Flynn.
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Silicon Valley Bank – Get Woke, Go Broke
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank may be a very literal example of the 'Get woke, go broke' phenomenon, as reports suggest the bank was more focused on displaying its woke credentials than risk management.
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Where Are the Woodward and Bernsteins of the Pandemic?
Why have nearly all the muckety-mucks in journalism been asleep at the wheel for the past three years, asks Dr James Alexander in the Daily Sceptic? Hopefully, the 'Lockdown Files' will shame them into action.
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The Left Needs to Stop Calling Everyone Hitler
When will the Left learn that not everyone who disagrees with them is a Nazi? Calling your opponents ‘fascists’ is not just crass, it’s stupendously lazy and boring.
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News Round-Up
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the virus and the vaccines, the ‘climate emergency’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
Read more