TLC disappears comments, edits its turd of an anti-vaccine piece. It still...
As discussed yesterday, the folks over at TLC seem to have buried their heads in the sand when it comes to vaccines. Apparently, though, their love of misinformation hasn’t quite overwhelmed their...
View ArticleUPDATE: Sun-Times endorsement of autism quackfest remains online even after...
See the bottom of this post for an update on the Sun-Times‘s “proud support” of AutismOne. On Sunday, the Chicago Sun-Times published a fawning, credulous Q&A with Jenny McCarthy, who has been more...
View ArticleMajor medical, science organizations prepare letter to TLC about its vaccine...
Look out later today for a letter to the folks over at TLC about their crazy-making balderdash from a group of medical and science-based organizations. This may not be a complete list, but word is that...
View ArticleTLC’s vaccine misinformation piece vanishes into the ether. Do they owe...
See bottom of post for update. On Tuesday, TLC posted “Why shouldn’t we vaccinate our children,” which was one of the all-time worst pieces written about vaccines. It had outright falsehoods and oodles...
View ArticlePoetry by Scott Lentine about life on the autism spectrum
On Monday, I got an email from a 25-year-old named Scott Lentine, who described himself as a “25-year-old man with high functioning autism (PDD-NOS/Asperger’s).” Scott graduated magna cum laude from...
View ArticleWhat I Learned from My Autistic Son: A Guest Post by Brenda Rothman
Introduction by Steve Silberman: Six years ago, the United Nations declared April 2 to be World Autism Awareness Day. For most of the 20th Century, autism was rarely talked about in public, because the...
View ArticleA Jenny McCarthy Reader, Pt. 2: Jenny brings her anti-vaccine views to Oprah
Note: Earlier today, Jenny McCarthy was officially named as a new co-host of the popular daytime talk show The View. As many people have already noted, this is an extremely unfortunate move on ABC’s...
View ArticleA Jenny McCarthy reader, Pt. 3: Jenny legitimizes the scientific fringe
Note: Earlier today, Jenny McCarthy was officially named as a new co-host of the popular daytime talk show The View. As many people have already noted, this is an extremely unfortunate move on ABC’s...
View ArticleA Jenny McCarthy reader, Pt. 4: The real dangers in following Jenny’s advice
Note: Earlier today, Jenny McCarthy was officially named as a new co-host of the popular daytime talk show The View. As many people have already noted, this is an extremely unfortunate move on ABC’s...
View ArticleCrosby’s labyrinth, or why I couldn’t stop myself from replying to the...
Earlier today, Jake Crosby posted this comment on one of my recent posts about Jenny McCarthy. (For those of you lucky enough not to know who Jake Crosby is, here’s his entry in the Encyclopedia of...
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