Kit Knightly Another day, another round of shrill headlines. The coronavirus could spread to “every country in the world” (like chickenpox), we might have to cancel the Olympics. Ban...

Catte Black In Hubei Province, China, where the ‘new’ virus was first diagnosed, and where the vast majority of the cases have occurred, it’s no longer considered necessary to...

Five years ago this month, OffGuardian posted its first article. Since then nearly 4000 more have been posted, all with pretty much the same aim – fact-checking the media,...

Catte Black According to the World Health Organisation the latest viral panic – the infamous allegedly ‘new’ coronavirus is ‘stabilising‘, at least a little (see also MoA), though you...

This is just an open thread to focus discussion on the breaking news of the day. The last day of the first month of 2020 is shaping up to...

Kit Knightly The initial, blaring, bright-red headlines over the outbreak of the novel coronavirus appear to be slowing down. Maybe it won’t be apocalyptic after all. While the number...

Kit Knightly The Coronavirus is still the big-ticket news item, with confirmed cases now covering 11 countries. ELEVEN! Most of the mainstream media are doing that, saying the number...

Kit Knightly China is shutting down, or so we’re being told. Cities are on lockdown. Disneyland is closed. New Year is cancelled. Every day, China closes down more theatres...