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A debunker is a person or organization that exposes or discredits claims believed to be false, exaggerated, or pretentious. [1] The term is often associated with skeptical investigation of controversial topics such as UFOs, claimed paranormal phenomena, cryptids, conspiracy theories, alternative medicine, religion, exploratory or fringe areas of scientific, or pseudoscientific research.
The Los Angeles Times architecture critic, Christopher Hawthorne, criticized City of Quartz for its "dark generalization and knee-jerk far-leftism," but concluded that the book "is without question the most significant book on Los Angeles urbanism to appear since Reyner Banham's Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies was published in 1971."
Seymour Durst was vocal about his beliefs that the government should not interfere in real estate transactions. However, his son and successor, Douglas Durst , received interest-free, government-issued Liberty Bonds under Governor George Pataki , and also used eminent domain to facilitate the family's growing real estate interests.
In real estate, stigmatized property is property that buyers or tenants may shun for reasons that are unrelated to its physical condition or features. [1] These can include death of an occupant, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] murder , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] suicide , [ 2 ] previous illicit activities, and even the belief that a house is haunted .
International Fact-Checking Network launched in 2015 by the Poynter Institute set a code of ethics for fact-checking organizations. The IFCN reviews fact-checkers for compliance with its code, and issues a certification to publishers who pass the audit.
Best quotes from The Real Housewives of Orange County. 1. "You have a little family van. When do you ever bring a family van to pick up six people?!" – Vicki Gunvalson (Season 2, Episode 2) 2 ...
This is wrong. Skepticism is a provisional approach to claims. It is the application of reason to any and all ideas—no sacred cows allowed. In other words, skepticism is a method, not a position. Ideally, skeptics do not go into an investigation closed to the possibility that a phenomenon might be real or that a claim might be true.
Best quotes from The Real Housewives of New Jersey. 1. “This girl is obsessed with me, I don’t know if she wants to be me, or skin me and wear me like last year’s Versace”