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NaturalNews.com andits sister sites are run byMike Adams (self-labeled"The Health Ranger") which promotesalternative medicine and relatedconspiracy theories.Even other quacks think it's a quack site. The site particularly specializes invaccine denialism and the alleged vaccines-autism link,AIDS/HIV denialism,quack cancer treatments, and conspiracy theories about "Big Pharma". If there's an alternative medicine or alternative medical treatment out there, you can guarantee that NaturalNews has one article singing its praises to the sky and one more bashing the stupid"skeptics".

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In short: If you cite NaturalNews onany matter whatsoever,you are almost certainly wrong.

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