It’s a cold winter night. We shuffle into a cozy basement black-box theatre. We are surrounded by a warm and friendly crowd. The lights dim, and the story begins. A group of children between the ages of eight and twelve are putting on a holiday …
“In my life,” Deepak Chopra told The Observer in an interview earlier this year, “nothing goes wrong.” Proof of the contrary swiftly followed, however, when Chopra was squeezed into CNN’s coverage of the Mumbai terrorist attacks. Exactly why CNN asked Chopra to appear on a news segment …
Venus TV, a UK satellite channel aimed at the Asian community, has had its knuckles severely rapped by Ofcom and the Advertising Standards Authority – to the tune of £35,000 – over ads for highly questionable products and services. The channel breached the advertising code …
Dr Ben Goldacre in Saturday’s Guardian and in his excellent blog details the inaccuracies contained in the BBC’s reporting of the Down syndrome story last week. There has been a small rise in Down’s babies being born. But BBC Radio 4, in a half-hour show …
The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of The Church of Scientology by John Duignan with Nicola Tallant, Merlin Publishing, Dublin. The Scientologists have been doing their damnedest to stop the international publication of John Duignan’s memoir The Complex. Following legal representations, it is …
As events unfold in Mumbai, India, there are already murmurings among Scientology front groups about how best to take advantage of the tragedy. The Way To Happiness, a booklet written by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, has the honour of an organisation (the innocuous-sounding Association for Better Living and Education) dedicated …
In this exclusive interview, Adnan Oktar - the man behind the pen name Harun Yahya – answers questions posed by our editor Milo Yiannopoulos and by Counterknowledge.com readers. He reveals how his profound Islamic faith has inspired his creationist beliefs, and answers some tough questions about Richard Dawkins, censorship …
Nicky collects his award from writer Simon Hattenstone (Picture: Guardian) Congratulations to Counterknowledge.com reporter Nicky Woolf, who last night won Student Feature Writer of the Year at the Guardian Student Media Awards 2008. You can judge Nicky’s prose from this post in which he discusses …
The Church of Scientology’s “Celebrity Centre” On Sunday, November 23 in Los Angeles, California, a former Scientologist wielding two samurai swords was shot dead by a security guard as he approached the Church of Scientology’s Celebrity Centre. Police initially detained the security guard for questioning, but later released …
The votes are in and we’ll be announcing the winner very soon! Graham Hancock Best-selling author of Fingerprints of the Gods and possibly the quintessential counterknowledge merchant, this year Graham has indulged in speculation about the 2012 Mayan doomsday prophecy and life on Mars. He also hosts …