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		<title>By: PCgirl</title>
		<link>http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/07/31/skeptologists-usurped/#comment-30359</link>
		<dc:creator>PCgirl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry, you are all so bummed out!!!  I love the show and hope it stays on for years to come.   You all sound very bitter and jealous that you were not given the chance to be noticed.  I suggest you get rid of the attitudes and try again.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, you are all so bummed out!!!  I love the show and hope it stays on for years to come.   You all sound very bitter and jealous that you were not given the chance to be noticed.  I suggest you get rid of the attitudes and try again.</p>
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		<title>By: Antiquated Tory</title>
		<link>http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/07/31/skeptologists-usurped/#comment-25156</link>
		<dc:creator>Antiquated Tory</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The saving grace of the old Scooby Doo cartoons. As a kid, I was always gratified that the supernatural threat turned out to be some greedhead in a mask.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The saving grace of the old Scooby Doo cartoons. As a kid, I was always gratified that the supernatural threat turned out to be some greedhead in a mask.</p>
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		<title>By: Disappointed</title>
		<link>http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/07/31/skeptologists-usurped/#comment-24999</link>
		<dc:creator>Disappointed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This show really needs a skeptic to publicly humiliate it.  (Captain Disillusion, where are you?) Like Ghost Hunters, it purports skepticism while promoting mystery for the sake of ratings. Each week, something with an obvious explanation is made to seem occult.

This past episode, &quot;Blazing Horizon/Rollover&quot;(1.5), for example, featured the &quot;Paulding Light,&quot; a supposedly mysterious glow that can be seen in Michigan, but which locals know are merely headlights from a nearby highway:
pauldinglight.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=paulding&amp;action=display&amp;thread=4

The previous episode, &quot;Predator/Red Sky at Night&quot; (1.4), &quot;investigated&quot; the &quot;Beast of Dartmoor,&quot; which has long been identified as an area Newfoundland:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-472909/Thats-Beast-Dartmoor--pet-dog.html

A particularly inventive episode, &quot;Unwanted Visitors/Strange Sightings&quot; (1.2), featured two eerie figures that were most likely egrets caught on a grainy infrared camera:
www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/46833/Strange_Alien_Figures_Caught_CCTV_California_2007/

In each case, the rational explanation would have made for good television.  But instead, the crew often briefly considers it, makes of it a strawman, then dismisses it.  To explain the purported footage of the &quot;Beast of Dartmoor,&quot; for example, they compared video of a clearly unsuitable breed of dog wandering amiably towards its trainer, rather than a large hairy dog running full-tilt.

If you are in the US, you can judge for yourself.  The episodes are all on Hulu:
www.hulu.com/fact-or-faked-paranormal-files

I don&#039;t have time or energy to appropriately campaign against this schlock, but I hope someone will.

-Disappointed</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This show really needs a skeptic to publicly humiliate it.  (Captain Disillusion, where are you?) Like Ghost Hunters, it purports skepticism while promoting mystery for the sake of ratings. Each week, something with an obvious explanation is made to seem occult.</p>
<p>This past episode, &#8220;Blazing Horizon/Rollover&#8221;(1.5), for example, featured the &#8220;Paulding Light,&#8221; a supposedly mysterious glow that can be seen in Michigan, but which locals know are merely headlights from a nearby highway:<br />
pauldinglight.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=paulding&#038;action=display&#038;thread=4</p>
<p>The previous episode, &#8220;Predator/Red Sky at Night&#8221; (1.4), &#8220;investigated&#8221; the &#8220;Beast of Dartmoor,&#8221; which has long been identified as an area Newfoundland:<br />
<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-472909/Thats-Beast-Dartmoor--pet-dog.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-472909/Thats-Beast-Dartmoor&#8211;pet-dog.html</a></p>
<p>A particularly inventive episode, &#8220;Unwanted Visitors/Strange Sightings&#8221; (1.2), featured two eerie figures that were most likely egrets caught on a grainy infrared camera:<br />
<a href="http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/46833/Strange_Alien_Figures_Caught_CCTV_California_2007/" rel="nofollow">http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/46833/Strange_Alien_Figures_Caught_CCTV_California_2007/</a></p>
<p>In each case, the rational explanation would have made for good television.  But instead, the crew often briefly considers it, makes of it a strawman, then dismisses it.  To explain the purported footage of the &#8220;Beast of Dartmoor,&#8221; for example, they compared video of a clearly unsuitable breed of dog wandering amiably towards its trainer, rather than a large hairy dog running full-tilt.</p>
<p>If you are in the US, you can judge for yourself.  The episodes are all on Hulu:<br />
<a href="http://www.hulu.com/fact-or-faked-paranormal-files" rel="nofollow">http://www.hulu.com/fact-or-faked-paranormal-files</a></p>
<p>I don&#8217;t have time or energy to appropriately campaign against this schlock, but I hope someone will.</p>
<p>-Disappointed</p>
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		<title>By: DoctorAtlantis</title>
		<link>http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/07/31/skeptologists-usurped/#comment-24617</link>
		<dc:creator>DoctorAtlantis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If this show has &quot;mild skepticism&quot; it looks like they can clear it right up with some homeopathic lotion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If this show has &#8220;mild skepticism&#8221; it looks like they can clear it right up with some homeopathic lotion.</p>
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		<title>By: kabol</title>
		<link>http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/07/31/skeptologists-usurped/#comment-24431</link>
		<dc:creator>kabol</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;He is also a proponent of the Telephone to the Dead/Franks Box and owns several.&lt;/i&gt;

epic &quot;scientist&quot; label fail for hip little bill.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>He is also a proponent of the Telephone to the Dead/Franks Box and owns several.</i></p>
<p>epic &#8220;scientist&#8221; label fail for hip little bill.</p>
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		<title>By: kabol</title>
		<link>http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/07/31/skeptologists-usurped/#comment-24430</link>
		<dc:creator>kabol</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>well, it is &quot;sci-fi&quot; after all (ie, fiction)

on my boob-tube provider&#039;s lineup, there is a channel devoted to documentaries.

perhaps the &quot;actual&quot; skeptologists (and not their eye-candy, would-be dopplegangers) would consider doing a doc instead of a series, if not both?

is the &quot;science&quot; channel an option or are they owned by the same company that shills mindless paranormal crap to the masses?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>well, it is &#8220;sci-fi&#8221; after all (ie, fiction)</p>
<p>on my boob-tube provider&#8217;s lineup, there is a channel devoted to documentaries.</p>
<p>perhaps the &#8220;actual&#8221; skeptologists (and not their eye-candy, would-be dopplegangers) would consider doing a doc instead of a series, if not both?</p>
<p>is the &#8220;science&#8221; channel an option or are they owned by the same company that shills mindless paranormal crap to the masses?</p>
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		<title>By: Frying Dutchmen</title>
		<link>http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/07/31/skeptologists-usurped/#comment-24426</link>
		<dc:creator>Frying Dutchmen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Watching the show, it would seem that Bill would probably think that the phoenix lights couldn&#039;t be flares.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Watching the show, it would seem that Bill would probably think that the phoenix lights couldn&#8217;t be flares.</p>
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		<title>By: Sgerbic</title>
		<link>http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/07/31/skeptologists-usurped/#comment-24425</link>
		<dc:creator>Sgerbic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And you guys would know.  That is really sad, he claims to be a scientist?  Or he is a scientist?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And you guys would know.  That is really sad, he claims to be a scientist?  Or he is a scientist?</p>
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		<title>By: Frying Dutchmen</title>
		<link>http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/07/31/skeptologists-usurped/#comment-24424</link>
		<dc:creator>Frying Dutchmen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Reading about Bill Murphy, It seems that anyone can be a scientist now days.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reading about Bill Murphy, It seems that anyone can be a scientist now days.</p>
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		<title>By: Max</title>
		<link>http://www.skepticblog.org/2010/07/31/skeptologists-usurped/#comment-24398</link>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Does he do any real science, or just pseudoscience?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does he do any real science, or just pseudoscience?</p>
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