Do frauds advertise?

[Archae]

I get several free newspapers a week, they are mostly ads and community announcements.

Some of the ads are for what are simply frauds.

Chiropractors.

Psychics.

Every year I read about psychics and chiropractors getting arrested for obvious frauds.

"Don't get vaccinations, all you need is your neck popped."

"Your money is cursed, give it to me so I can get rid of the curse."

And so on...

[luv2fly]

1. Yes they do, all over the place

And our public tax dollars support many of them through programs like state-level Medicaid programs, which dole out millions of dollars to providers delivering quack (non-evidence-based) "therapies." Not only does it waste money, but it wastes valuable developmental time for children who could otherwise be receiving therapies that actually work.

As you may guess, this is personal for me and quite a sore point. I've watched families choose "therapies" delivered by persuasive practitioners, who in the end deliver nothing, but they do collect substantial income.

[Archae]

2. Agreed.

And every time I ask for evidence, I get only testimonials.

And testimonials are worthless or worse than worthless when it comes to medicine.

[luv2fly]

3. It's even worse when bureaucrats know better

Again, this is personal. I've watched state level bureaucrats approve funding for programs that have absolutely no efficacy, and their superiors sign off on it because people don't want to engage in the fight. It's a tragedy.

[irisblue]

4. How else are they going to make that sweet folding green?

[Botany]

5. Yes

[doc03]

6. They are on the TV machine all day.

[endinequalitynow]

7. Scientology advertises on the Super Bowl , despite the fact that it makes false claims psychiatry.

Scientology makes many provably false claims. They make the claim that you can sweat toxins out of your body by ingesting vitamins in a sauna. They claim many false things about psychiatry.

So yes, Scientology does a lot of advertising in the MSM and clearly makes pseudoscientific claims in it's promotional materials and literature.

[endinequalitynow]

8. Yes , Frauds to advertise.

Here is an advert. for an organization that makes fraudulent claims. -