The Skeptic’s Guide to Health, Medicine, and the Media Episode 8, The Media and the Internet Episode 8, The Media and the Internet.

Streaming video - 2019

You’d never believe people who told you they lived off air only, never eating. Yet one “Breatharian” couple received widespread media coverage on the internet, broadcast sites, and in print. Why are we so gullible? Learn how to think like a skeptic when reading news in any medium, remembering that while internet “clickbait” races continue to be faster and faster, real science is slow and steady.