From the Buffalo Beast's 50 Worst People of 2009

[Warpy]

42. Arianna Huffington

Charges: HuffPo’s health coverage is like a horny chimp with a switch blade: dumb and dangerous. Arrianna’s “Wellness Editor” holds a “PhD” in homeopathy, the fake science of diluting medicine in water to increase its healing power—the higher the dilution, the more potent. In fact, she and other homeopathic quacks sell “medicine,” which is indistinguishable from Evian. Last summer, Arianna’s “internet newspaper” advised people to protect themselves from swine flu with a deep-cleansing enema. Seriously. Every woo-age celebrity with a vaccination conspiracy or snake oil remedy and a laptop is given column space at HuffPo. It hurts to read Dan Akroyd speculate about the existence of ghosts; it’s agonizing to read Deepak Chopra’s shoddy metaphysics, and it may actually kill to publish Bill Maher’s Luddite rants. Apparently, the only thing Huffington won’t let her writers do is get paid.

Exhibit A: “When it comes to health and wellness issues, our goal is to provide a diverse forum for a reasoned discussion of issues of interest and importance to our readers.”

Sentence: AIDS, one of Magic Johnson’s pills, Lake Michigan and a crazy straw.

http://www.buffalobeast.com/?p=1645#more-1645

[salvorhardin]

1. Nice to see Bill Maher at #17 too

17. Bill Maher

Charges: As dumb as the creationists and 9/11 truthers he mocks, but not nearly as funny, Maher’s an embarrassment to atheists everywhere, even Christopher Hitchens. The most audience-abusive MC since Jim Jones, Maher routinely belittles his uneasy crowd for not laughing at the stale mediocrities he calls jokes. His discussion panels typically follow an excruciating pattern: relatively smart person tries to talk down to some cringingly naive celebrity like Cindy McCain or Mos Def, only to get steamrolled by some visibly drunk old comic Bill used to do blow with backstage at the Improv. The dumber the guest, the more they dominate the panel—until Maher steers the discussion, yet again, to his pet topics, like how much better everything would be if we all shopped at Whole Foods, stopped taking medicine and legalized weed, dude. But the worst of it, especially for someone who makes it so clear he thinks he’s the smartest person in the world, is that Maher is just not very well informed. You have a TV show about politics, Bill. Try reading the paper once in a while.
Exhibit A: “A flu shot is the worst thing you can do.”
Sentence: Swine flu.

An embarrassment to atheists everywhere, indeed. I was livid that AAI gave him the Dawkins award. In reality he deserves a Darwin award.

[HuckleB]

2. I submit "Dr." Martha Lucas, for your consideration.

http://www.prleap.com/pr/137356/

"Cosmetic Acupuncture?"

WOW!

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