Hunting Humbug 101: February 2015

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Episode 0021: Weasel words

In this episode we look at Weasel Words.

Euphemisms

Chaser Media circus - police using euphemisms:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJhzU2x-EdA

Dysphemisms

Bill Maher GM foods:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csSw3fYnICc&app=desktop

From some of our commentary on GM foods:

Monsanto terminator seeds: http://www.monsanto.com/newsviews/pages/terminator-seeds.aspx
Testing for allergic reactions: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/14/us/genetic-engineering-of-crops-can-spread-allergies-study-shows.html

Direct download: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0021.mp3

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Saturday, February 14, 2015

Episode 0020: Stacking the deck (original episode)

This is an original episode on Stacking the Deck.

Here's the link to the entire section of the interview that I used:http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=GZcJ2zzvEwY
Here's the link to the Time article on the Hannah Poling case - Case Study: Autism and Vaccines.
Steven Novella's post on this case - Has the Government Conceded Vaccines Cause Autism?
Stop Jenny McCarthy

And the actual "Coalition of the Willing" - as opposed to Michael Moore's version...

Direct download: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0020.mp3

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