October 26, 2009
Manual Spectator Headline Generator
After previously supporting the vacuous (and dangerous) nonesense that there is a link between the MMR vaccine and autism, and after recently deciding to join the ranks of the global warming deniers, The Spectator editor Fraser Nelson has decided to go for Aids denialism as well (and again).
Ben Goldacre at Bad Science and Sunder at Next Left have good analyses (with tonnes of links) covering the science and the politics. I have nothing new to add, as everything that needs to be said has been.
Instead, I thought we could anticipate – or perhaps even suggest – some headlines the home of Mad Mel might run in future. How about:
- “Is the Earth really spherical? It looks round to us. Legitimate questions need to be asked about the post-Colombus Consensus that one does not fall off the edge of the world if one keeps sailing west.”
- “Is the Sun really at the centre of the solar system? If you look at the sky, you can clearly see that the sun revolves around us. Is it acceptable to have a debate about whether Copernicus pulled off the longest-running con in world history?”
- “Evolution: Fraser Nelson asks: ‘Just because I write and act like a monkey, does that mean my ancestors were monkeys? It’s time to challenge the left-liberal-pharma-industrial-complex and ask if God had the answers all along.”
- “Dinosaurs: are we being tested by God?”
- “Gordon Brown: Born and raised in Scotland? Or born and trained in Afghanistan? It’s time to ask: is the PM really British, or part of a sinister foreign terrorist conspiracy?”
- “Revealed: NHS death panels execute “unproductive” elderly. Truth about 60 year mistake unveiled.”
- “Do bacteria really exist or are they really just a vicious plot manufactured by the soap industry in order to get a hold of ordinary honest hard working people’s (your!) well-earned money?!” (Thanks Mads)
The list will be updated as I think of new ones. If you have suggestions, put them in comments and the best ones I’ll add to the main post.
Mads said,
October 26, 2009 at 10:51 am
“Do bacteria really exist or are they really just a vicious plot manufactured by the soap industry in order to get a hold of ordinary honest hard working people’s (your!) well-earned money?!”
Fran Lydie said,
October 26, 2009 at 11:17 am
Women, are they really our equals?