Head & Shoulders anti-dandruff shampoo is endorsed by a body called the Australian Hair & Scalp Foundation. Who’s behind the foundation? Market researcher Dr Stephen Downes investigates what turns out to be a very intriguing story.
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Second-hand factoids as harmful as second-hand smoke
Might media outlets and health organisations try to actually read the original research material they are quoting? Second hand quoting is just as harmful as second hand smoke, writes Becky Freeman.
Howard and the anti-Semites: I was only meeting people
John Howard yesterday pooh-poohed any link to Pastor Danny Nalliah’s Holocaust-denying pals. The PM did acknowledge that the League of Rights had been “a bit anti-semitic” but he told reporters: “As for what people I meet do - any more than you can be responsible for what the people you meet do - I can’t be responsible either.” No, John, you can’t. But then, you didn’t just bump into Pastor Nalliah in the street, did you, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Media briefs and TV ratings
Ten puts a timebomb on Big Brother hosting couch … Daylight Saving, Kochie disrupt Sunday morning chat battle … Seven wins another week but at least it was closer … Last night’s TV ratings.
