TRC #425: Fake News, Facebook & The Election + FTC Vs Homeopathy + Ultrasound Determining Fetal Sex

nubDarren kicks off the show looking at headlines about fake news, Facebook and the U.S. election. Cristina looks at new FTC rules regarding homeopathy.  Lastly, Adam brings us a segment about determining fetal sex via ultrasound.

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Fake News, Facebook And The Election

The Verge (Obama)

Zuckerberg FB post

Buzzfeed

Washington Examiner  

Scientific American

Vox

FTC Vs Homeopathy

FTC Enforcement Policy Statement

The Guardian: Post Truth Named Word Of The Year

NHMRC Raises Concerns About Report

Salon: From Truthiness To Post Truth

Wikipedia: Truthiness

Live Science: Homeopathy

Snopes: FTC Challenging Homeopathy

NHMRC Statement on Homeopathy

Marketplace: Nighton

TRC 341

Globe and Mail: Homeopaths Prepare To Fight

IFLScience

CBC The Current

FTC

IFLScience 2

Ultrasound Determining Fetal Sex

Nub Theory – Ingender

Nub Theory Accuracy – Ingender.com

First-trimester determination of fetal gender by ultrasound – PubMed – NCBI

Fetal gender assignment by first-trimester ultrasound – PubMed – NCBI

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