Doubtful News

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Doubtful News (sometimes Doubtful Newsblog) was a skeptical news aggregator focusing on cryptozoology and the paranormal "because people really believe this stuff." Run by Sharon A. HillWikipedia and Torkel Ødegård,[1] the blog was also formerly syndicated on Skeptic.com. It launched on August 25, 2011.[2]

The site was started to fill a gap in the market for a "one-stop source of breaking news of interest to critical thinkers that was not primarily straight science offerings or opinions."[1] It was useful in that it reports on more than just the major stories of the time — with the potential to report on lesser stories before they become big — and kept with a story after it faded from view, allowing followup information to be more easily found.

See also[edit]

  • Skeptoid
  • Skeptics Guide to the Universe

External links[edit]

  • Sharon A. Hill — Strange Claims Adjuster

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 About Doubtful News. Archived from Doubtful News, 2 February 2012.
  2. The launch of Doubtful news blog. Archived from Doubtful News, 25 August 2011.

Categories: [Blogs] [Cryptozoology]


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