Skeptologic

So Oprah Winfrey and Doctor Mehmet Oz are suing people for using their images to sell supplements online. The suit claims that “the public is being deceived into thinking the duo have endorsed products like acai berry, a freeze-dried energy booster.” So the queen of pseudoscience and Doctor Woo-Woo are all of a sudden concerned about the public being deceived? Cry me a river! Keep in mind that it does not say that they are concerned that the public will be duped into buying “health” products that do not work, but only deceived into thinking that they have officially endorsed them. How ironic.  Acai berry is just one ingredient in a whole fruit salad of nuttiness that gets promoted on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Here is just a small list: past life regression, The Secret, psychic powers (including the most harmful ones, so called psychics who claim they can help police find missing children), detoxing, anti-vaccination, energy medicine, Airborne, Suzanne Somers and her crazy hormone and vitamin mega-dosing, therapeutic touch, homeopathy, and much more. Look, I understand that nobody has the right to use their images without their permission, but here is a free tip for Oprah and Doctor Oz: If you don’t want people to be deceived into buying quack products from quacks who are using your images to do so, stop promoting pseudoscience and quackery on your show!