Excellent post, Rebekah. Yes, the MSM has completely and utterly and criminally failed us, especially during the past three unfathomably nightmarish years. I am gobsmaked by the media's lies, obfuscations, and pathetic attempts to discredit free thinkers, narrative dissidents, and anyone warning against these garbage jabs. Thank the gods for people like you on Substack. I would be a raving, teeth-gnashing loon by now without you.
The MSM surely must be choking on the absolute toxicity of the volume of lies, discrimination, corruption & censorship they have injested and spew... The time will come soon when our receipts will be necessary...
- his paper was published in Journal of Insulin Resistance and degrading that Journal shows that he can't be right.
- his father is South Asian and apparently some study showed South Asians have cardiac issues earlier, therefore it couldn't have been mRNA, even though Dr Malhotra, a cardiologist, intimately knew his fathers health history
- trying to rubbish the PULS score
There are other specific references to papers. I'm sure there may be some valid points in them. But as you have pointed out there is this assumption that everything he says must be wrong because he has come to an alternative viewpoint
Very good piece. Thank you for publishing it. I just spent 15 interesting minutes learning about "Motte and Bailey". : )
I made detailed comments about Dr. Aseem Malhotra's real expertise about cardiology in the comments section of the You Tube interview he did with Dr.John Campbell last year. If you and your readers haven't watched the discussion you should.
I would be curious to know what “safe vaccine” is and how a claim of the existence of such a thing can be made. Kids are sicker than ever, few of them have intact immune systems anymore, autism rates are skyrocketing, but the never tested against placebo vaccines from pharmaceutical companies (that we don’t trust when it comes to Covid vaccines, Vioxx and other fiascos, but somehow totally trust when it comes to other vaccines) are “safe” and have nothing to do with it??
They talk about mistrust or hate as if these emotions don't serve a purpose. They absolutely do serve a purpose: protecting us against those who wish to harm us.
Next there will be 'mistrust speech' laws to persecute people who are no longer at risk of believing the government.
The Mink debate was a tour de force for the good guys to say it colloquially. I agree that Gladwell and Goldberg were embarrassingly inept. But I feel that Taibi, and even moreso, Douglas Murray outclassed the former two so astoundingly, that the audience could not have voted otherwise and affirm the Pro-side. I'm not so sure by the way that the NYT is all that much worse now (during COVID and after) than it was for the past 40 years or so quite frankly. However, I think that there are some people, formerly of a liberal/left wing persuasion, who are starting to see reality. If they were to simply now look back at the NYT and other literary, entertainment, and sociological icons but with newly opened post-COVID eyes, they'd see that in fact things were already beginning to rot but that most of the rot was ignored or perceived as being deep analytical thought.
Most people think they 'know' logical fallacies, and that they would never work on them; in totally unrelated news, most people support the Covid and vaccine narrative...
PS I listened when it came out, and that was a fascinating Munk debate indeed (second only to the Political Correctness one, with the incredible Stephen Fry :-) ). I agree completely with your comments; Taibbi was good, Murray was excellent, but the debate was lost even more than won, by the terrible, ad hominem and incredibly ideological Gladwell, particularly.
Excellent post, Rebekah. Yes, the MSM has completely and utterly and criminally failed us, especially during the past three unfathomably nightmarish years. I am gobsmaked by the media's lies, obfuscations, and pathetic attempts to discredit free thinkers, narrative dissidents, and anyone warning against these garbage jabs. Thank the gods for people like you on Substack. I would be a raving, teeth-gnashing loon by now without you.
Don't follow the media's pseudoscience. Follow the media's money. It will lead you to Pfizer, Moderna et al.
The MSM surely must be choking on the absolute toxicity of the volume of lies, discrimination, corruption & censorship they have injested and spew... The time will come soon when our receipts will be necessary...
"All true Experts believe that Covid vaccines are safe and effective."
Here is a simple way to rebut(t) such line:
1. Define "all", "experts", "believe", "vaccines", "safe", and "effective".
2. Prove them by citing three credible studies or data sets for each word.
"Believe"? Are we talking about "science" or "religion"?
The above would stop any one or anything - including covid! - who/which makes that statement!
Always apply "you claim, you prove" to any interlocutor.
lol
Brilliant!
Thanks for elucidating those fallacy types Rebekah.
I saw that our Australian "Misinformation Corrector" championing a tweet of someone trying to discredit Dr Malhotra
https://twitter.com/DrSusanOliver1/status/1615180061216497664?s=20&t=0wINJhd-BucWIRcqVPtC_g
The points include that
- his paper was published in Journal of Insulin Resistance and degrading that Journal shows that he can't be right.
- his father is South Asian and apparently some study showed South Asians have cardiac issues earlier, therefore it couldn't have been mRNA, even though Dr Malhotra, a cardiologist, intimately knew his fathers health history
- trying to rubbish the PULS score
There are other specific references to papers. I'm sure there may be some valid points in them. But as you have pointed out there is this assumption that everything he says must be wrong because he has come to an alternative viewpoint
Ha thanks, I went and left a comment.
Very good piece. Thank you for publishing it. I just spent 15 interesting minutes learning about "Motte and Bailey". : )
I made detailed comments about Dr. Aseem Malhotra's real expertise about cardiology in the comments section of the You Tube interview he did with Dr.John Campbell last year. If you and your readers haven't watched the discussion you should.
Keep up the good work Rebekah.
Bonne journée depuis Paris.
Adam Neira
Founder of World Peace 2050
Founded in April 2000 in Melbourne, Australia
Merci beaucoup Adam!
Laughable an MD second opinion is a hijacking.. must be a risk for going at the speed of science.
I would be curious to know what “safe vaccine” is and how a claim of the existence of such a thing can be made. Kids are sicker than ever, few of them have intact immune systems anymore, autism rates are skyrocketing, but the never tested against placebo vaccines from pharmaceutical companies (that we don’t trust when it comes to Covid vaccines, Vioxx and other fiascos, but somehow totally trust when it comes to other vaccines) are “safe” and have nothing to do with it??
Check out Toby Rogers substack, he has a lot to say on this.
https://tobyrogers.substack.com/
They talk about mistrust or hate as if these emotions don't serve a purpose. They absolutely do serve a purpose: protecting us against those who wish to harm us.
Next there will be 'mistrust speech' laws to persecute people who are no longer at risk of believing the government.
Very good, and useful summary of the "how the magic trick is done" logical fallacies,
Shared on Gettr.
So tragic that he had to order an autopsy on his own father, killed by the jab.
Thank you Geoff. Yes it was a compelling story, and credit to Malhotra for pursuing the line of enquiry to its end point.
Dr Pain,
You are missed on the bird!
https://twitter.com/search?q=geoff%20pain%20phd&src=typed_query
Yes, I long to get back into Twitter, where I was able to exchange messages with so many people, including Journalists.
Alas, you seemed to have no effective "boosters", otherwise you probably would have been restored.
Perhaps your handle is still on their restore list.
Babe Dr Lynn Fynn had FOUR of her main accounts restored; so did Jikky!
I am looking forward to reading your first Substack post
My comments are my Substack posts :)
I am already spending full-time trying to keep tab of what the ferals are up to. I am sure you have noticed that I have "de-surged" from GETTR.
Time is galleons, Dr Pain - and it is receding rapidly. If ones don't need $, time is *the* wealth to conserve and apply wisely now.
The Mink debate was a tour de force for the good guys to say it colloquially. I agree that Gladwell and Goldberg were embarrassingly inept. But I feel that Taibi, and even moreso, Douglas Murray outclassed the former two so astoundingly, that the audience could not have voted otherwise and affirm the Pro-side. I'm not so sure by the way that the NYT is all that much worse now (during COVID and after) than it was for the past 40 years or so quite frankly. However, I think that there are some people, formerly of a liberal/left wing persuasion, who are starting to see reality. If they were to simply now look back at the NYT and other literary, entertainment, and sociological icons but with newly opened post-COVID eyes, they'd see that in fact things were already beginning to rot but that most of the rot was ignored or perceived as being deep analytical thought.
No surprises here. Dr Peter McCullough, another top cardiologist, was given the same treatment.
Hello, I decided to put out some big news just now on Gettr on a topic that you raised with Rob, so please get in touch when you are free.
Top job Rebekah.
Most people think they 'know' logical fallacies, and that they would never work on them; in totally unrelated news, most people support the Covid and vaccine narrative...
PS I listened when it came out, and that was a fascinating Munk debate indeed (second only to the Political Correctness one, with the incredible Stephen Fry :-) ). I agree completely with your comments; Taibbi was good, Murray was excellent, but the debate was lost even more than won, by the terrible, ad hominem and incredibly ideological Gladwell, particularly.
James Freeman, former Member of European Parliament and former Head of UK Trade and Business Inflation at the Office for National Statistics, discussed the predicament with Dr Aseem Malhorta....on Todays News Talk Radio January 7th 2023. https://tntradio.live/shows/the-freeman-report-with-james-freeman/ Once more https://expose-news.com/2023/01/21/bbc-must-retract-safety-and-efficacy-claims/