Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

[Barry Karr <SkeptInq@AOL.COM>]

Dear CSICOP List Reader:

Following fast and furious on the heels of our column criticizing Larry King and CNN for their shameless promotion of "psychics," (See: King of the Paranormal at: http://www.csicop.org/doubtandabout/larryking/ ) Larry comes back hard with Sylvia Browne tonight - AIRS: 9-10 p.m. ET -Friday
    
"Do angels really exist? "The Book of Angels" author and psychic Sylvia Browne, inspirational teenage poet Mattie Stepanek and others discuss whether angels are real."   http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/

Wouldn't it be interesting if a few skeptics called to ask Sylvia and Larry why they continue to dodge the Randi challenge since Sylvia agreed to take it more than 700 days ago?  see:  http://www.randi.org/sylvia/index.shtml

Wouldn't it be interesting if a few skeptics called to ask Sylvia if she can do a COLD READING on them?  Hey maybe Sylvia can talk to your angel?  Wouldn't it be nice to see Sylvia Browne actually get a tough question for a change? Wouldn't it be nice if Larry got asked why he constantly panders to the paranormal and ignores the arguments of the skeptics?

But, of course, raising these subjects - or your possible skepticism - to the screener might guarantee you don't get through.

These are just suggestions for you to think about while watching the show and perhaps help enhance your viewing pleasure. I would never dream of asking thousands of skeptics to call in and try to get a few good points in amongst the schlock.

Barry Karr
CSICOP