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  1. Bad Pharma
    How drug companies mislead doctors and harm patients

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2012
    Doctors and patients need good scientific evidence to make informed decisions. But instead, companies run bad trials on their own drugs, which distort and exaggerate the benefits by design. When these trials produce unflattering results, the data is simply buried.
  2. The Big Sell
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1963
  3. Billion Dollar Check Racket
    America's First Expose of How Forgers Operate

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1976
  4. Caveat Surfer: Beware When Using Electronic Communication
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2000
    Points about electronic communication and online security.
  5. Michael C. Chettleburgh
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
  6. Email scam which targets professional speakers
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    An email scam targetting professional speakers is making the rounds. The NSA, a British speakers' association reports that the scam has been aimed at its members. Speakers listed with SOURCES - www.sources.com - have also reported being targetted.
  7. Extrasensory Deception
    Resource Type: Book
  8. The Faith Healers
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1985
    James Randi, magician and debunker of charlatans of all stripes sets his sights on Christian faith healers. He and his associates invented names, life histories, illnesses and tracked down multimillionaire evangelists with their own fleet of wheelchairs to expose the fraud and illogic perpetrated by them. He wants us to fear not the Lord but irrationality. The one misgiving with the book is that Randi fails to see in his heart the underlying emotional void that dogs people who seek the comfort of faith healers.
  9. From Internet Scams to Urban Legends, Planet (hoa)X to the Bible Code
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2004
  10. Pranks, Frauds, and Hoaxes from Around the World
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2004
    It's pretty easy to hoax people. We all want to be deceived, but only up to a point. Some hoaxes are fun and pleasant, others malicious and unpleasant. We'd like a way to tell the difference.
  11. The Skeptic's Dictionary
    Resource Type: Website
    A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions.
  12. Toronto Company Receives Record $15 Million Fine
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The Competition Bureau announced today that the Ontario Superior Court has imposed a record $15 million fine against DataCom Marketing Inc. for operating a business directory scam targeting Canadian and U.S. businesses.
  13. 'Upstanding Citizens' Escape Justice in Tory 'In-and-Out' Scandal
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The "In-and-Out" Scandal: Case should have proceeded against 'Upstanding citizens'.
    This is a story about illegal activities, deceit and lying involving an overzealous group of Canadians who seemed prepared to do just about anything to accomplish their mission – win a federal election.

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