Of thorny bouquets and flaming brickbats
2022 has been a hell of a year on the skeptical front.
2022 has been a hell of a year on the skeptical front.
We're currently looking for nominations for our annual awards. Specifically, we have a Bent Spoon award for whoever has “has shown the most egregious gullibility or lack of critical thinking” over the last year, Bravo awards for journalists who have done good skeptical work, and a Skeptic of the Year award for someone in New Zealand who's been active in skepticism and fighting the good fight against nonsense.

It's Bent Spoon time again-the time when the Skeptics highlight the worst-and best-of the year's media.
TVNZ's Holmes show has taken this year's Bent Spoon Award from the New Zealand Skeptics for promoting extraordinary and untested claims regarding cancer treatments.