Welcome to CredoWatch.

At CredoWatch, we look at the media and report on stupidity, nonsense claims, pseudoscientific clap-trap, and the complete credulity of the people who publish and broadcast such tripe, and the people who lap it all up: the credophiles.

What is a credophile?

1. One who gets positive pleasure from belief and pain from doubt; one who collects beliefs not for utility but for glitter and whom, once he or she has embraced a belief, it takes something more than mere disproof to make to let go.
2. One who is especially gullible.

People who are in love with stupidity and nonsense have been termed: credophiles. Well, we're here to keep an eye on them.

Why?

Many people, especially us, are fed up with the constant drivel that is in the media.

It may seem trivial that a contestant on National Lottery Jet Set chose the category "science" and Eamon Holmes, the presenter, went on the ask the question, "which star sign is represented by...", but it's important to stand up to such credulity.

Astrology is not science. Astrology is the antithesis of science. Yet, it is included as a science question on a BBC television programme. We are forced to pay a licence fee in the UK. Are we to simply accept that our money is being allocated to a producer who doesn't know the difference between science and superstition?

More importantly, are we to accept that our money is being allocated to a producer who probably doesn't care about the difference between science and superstition?

We think not.