No longer Dr McKeith - another small victory

tkingdoll said:
You ever hear the 'banned' Simon Quinlank church crawl hobby sketch? It's very, very funny. The script was doing the rounds a while ago and there's a recording of that show online somewhere.
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No! If you come across a link I'd be keen to see that. With some weak lemon drink, naturally...
 
Brilliant, thanks. Ah, the nostalgia. Kevin Eldon is in Simon Pegg's new film "Hot Fuzz", the coolness of which I can vouch for having seen it last night. So's Bill Bailey and Adam from Adam and Joe.

Where were we? Oh yes; McTeeth and her unfortunate predicament! It's amazing how easily one can make a fortune out of thin air and vague self-help advice. She's sort of Hubbard-lite, really.
 
Max Clifford, Gillian McKeith’s PR representative, insisted she had not misled the public. He said: “This was one complaint in relation to one leaflet from one trade show, and it was withdrawn.

“I hardly think that’s misleading.

“She contacted the ASA, they talked and worked out a solution. . “She should be judged by what she does and whether it works, and there’s an awful lot of people who practise what she preaches and who are very happy with it.

“She’s had TV series and best-selling books which suggest it does work. You can’t last five very successful years in this area unless you get results.”
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That's an interesting test of scientific truth...

Jesus has a a book - but no TV series as far as I know - does that mean his 'results' are less successful than 'Dr' McKeith TAPL

Never realised that Max Clifford was such a post-modernist.

Or perhaps it hasn't occurred to him that she's been so successful in getting a TV series and selling books is because she's been deliberately misleading people into believing that she's a medical 'Doctor'.
 
The "results" as far as Channel 4 are concerned, is how much advertising revenue her programme brings in. Since it's constantly hyped and shown on prime time, they charge quite a hefty sum for advert slots. Accuract doesn't come into it.
 
Helping morbidly obese people lose weight by forcing them to eat less calories, that's kind of revolutionary isn't it?:boggled:

Unfortunately that wouldn't make a sustainable television series in the eyes of the Channel 4 marketeers.

Inventing a myriad of biological bunkum to explain why the subjects have lost weight, that's a nice selling point to the scientifically illiterate. Plus you can make a canny profit from as many sidelines as you can possibly invent, that is probably only limited by your own imagination and business acumen.
 
This reminds me of the letter that was printed in esteemed publication Viz a few years ago.

Goes something along the lines of:

"If Max Clifford is such a great PR Guru, why is it that everyone thinks he is such a C***".

** think worst possible 'C' word **

:D
 
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Professor Yaffle said:
I think you will find that is "The Actor Kevin Eldon"...
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I had a vague memory of him being billed as that in the HF credits; you make me think I may have remembered correctly. I thought that was strictly a Fist of Fun thing.

McKeith was lampooned on the News Quiz tonight on Radio 4; nice to see them taking note. They even mentioned her recent horny goat weed problem..
 
Channel 4, which broadcasts TAPL's programme, was challenged by another Guardian journalist as to why they are broadcasting scientific inaccuracies. She got the response "You have your view, others have theirs". When it was pointed out that it was scientific facts, not personal values that were being discussed, the response was "A lot of people sign up to these ideas"

Could that be because a supposedly public-service broadcaster transmits them uncritically?
 
Jaggy Bunnet said:
Many seem to be, of course it could just be that I find their material funny because they are sceptical..

Linda Smith, Python, Billy Connolly, Dara O'Briain and Alan Davies spring immediately to mind.
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And you can add Viz magazine (home of toilet humour and not as funny as it used to be) to the list:

From the latest issue, a cartoon set in a school biology lab.

Mr Snodworthy (a teacher): "Today we will be doing Biology, so you can spend the lesson dissectin gthese frogs whilst I drift off into a sexual fantasy about being spanked by the dinner ladies."

Headmaster (entering): "Ah Mr Snodworthy. I have an important announcement. This is Sir Peter Fruitcake, a wealthy local businessman who has just given me a cheque for two million quid. Consequently, this school has now become a "faith-based city academy". That means as well as taching our pupils proper science, we will also teach them any daffy load of old cobblers that Sir Peter believes in."

Sir Peter: "That's right. And I happen to believe in the existence of magical little pixies who live in the woods. So from now on instead of dissecting frogs in biology class, I want your pupils to dissect pixies."

Headmaster: "Come on then, Mr Snodworthy. Give each pupil a pixie and a scalpel and set them to work."

Mr Snodworthy: "B-but headmaster there.. erm.. there aren't any pixies. There's just frogs."

Headmaster: "Snodworthy! How dare you disrespect Sir Peter's beliefs!"

It would be even funnier if it was not so close to the truth.
 
A little McKeith media watch update...

From Friday's Now Show (Radio 4 topical satire and ranting):
I'll try another doctor.

Good morning, give me a piece of your poo.

I said doctor, you stool slicing freak.
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Can anyone help here.

I've heard report that at least one branch of a certain well-known health food retailer is still selling ‘Fast Formula Horny’ (for men) and ‘Fast Formula Wild Pink’ (for women). As I understand it, these prodcuts had to be totally withdrawn from sale.

What should be done to address this problem? Where/who do we go to?
Of course, making it known to the public in some fashion may be of interest...
 
brettDbass said:
Can anyone help here.

I've heard report that at least one branch of a certain well-known health food retailer is still selling ‘Fast Formula Horny’ (for men) and ‘Fast Formula Wild Pink’ (for women). As I understand it, these prodcuts had to be totally withdrawn from sale.

What should be done to address this problem? Where/who do we go to?
Of course, making it known to the public in some fashion may be of interest...
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Have a look at the Activism section on Ben Goldacre's Bad Science site:

http://badscience.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=9&sid=fd26c115c2f4c10b000a0b069b41062c

Some good info on how to make complaints to the formal bodies that maybe able to help.
 
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