Foxnews does psychic interviews

[Kosh3]

still can't post URLS = dub dub dub.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183517,00.html

click on the two links in that article. I thought it was rather interesting. Two things stick in my mind: first is how the Robinson chap says 'whats the point in telling you what you already know?' - well, validation, first and foremost, so that you mgiht be able to tell the client something that is not vague and imprecise, but specific, in order that they might have some basis to think you're genuine. Otherwise he could simply be getting her basic details and having someone look them up on the internets through a two way radio, since they have just given you everything short of a social security number...

Second was how the reporter left the other interview with the idea of having another baby now running through her head.

"As she helps me with my coat, the prediction of a boy baby has become a firm urging to have this baby. Sooner rather than later. I am sent out into the night with instructions to procreate."

The reporter seemed to think that the first interview was more successful than the second, given the hit on her husbands name, and his character.

[LostAngeles]

dub.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183517,00.html

There you go

Edit: Or not...

Edit 2: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183517,00.html

That should be it. Were your "dub"s "w"s? I'm not used to this damn no linky for n00bs yet.

[LostAngeles]

...Eventually, however, I was able to book a reading with a psychic named Fahrusha, who has appeared on the "Late Show with David Letterman" and "The View" and counts some high-profile Manhattanites among her clients — including, she says, a fellow FOX employee (though she won't name names).

Click here to read about my visit to Fahrusha, who guesses my husband's name.

I was also able to make an appointment with Stephen C. Robinson, founder and executive director of the Holistic Studies Institute, a school that trains and certifies psychics.

Click here to read about my visit to Stephen C. Robinson, who opens the door ahead of my knock.
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*snicker*

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She then asks me if the name "Michael" means anything to me. This truly stuns me. My husband's name is Michael, many of the men in his family are named Michael and my daughter, had she been a boy, would likely have been named Michael (over my objections).
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[LostAngeles]

I forgot the punchline damn it.

If you don't have a certain level of belief in, or at least a fairly open mind about, paranormal phenomena, there's not much point to pursuing psychic counsel.

As amazed and impressed as I was with my sessions with both Fahrusha and Robinson, I was also aware of the information and clues about myself I was transmitting, and of the general nature of much of what they say.
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But Holy Crap she guessed your husband's name is, at least where I lived in the northeast amongst a number of Irish, wicked common.

[LostAngeles]

It just now occurs to me that she does acknowledge that none of them could see her daughter. Maybe she realized it was crap and still had to write the fluff piece?

[alfaniner]

I doubt it. In the main article she says "Click here to read about my visit to Fahrusha, who guesses my husband's name."

Yet in the specific article she says "She then asks me if the name "Michael" means anything to me. This truly stuns me. My husband's name is Michael, many of the men in his family are named Michael and my daughter, had she been a boy, would likely have been named Michael (over my objections)."

This is precisely the kind of retro-hitting that really bugs me.

[Ipecac]

She's a full blown believer. She throws out a couple of skeptical-sounding bones but buys into this stuff fully. What a load of bunk.

[Luke T.]

She offered me a cup of hot tea, and when she talked about the nightmares and exhaustion that plunged her into a trancelike sleep during the 24 hours leading up to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, she does so in such a straightforward, matter-of-fact, undramatic manner that she could just as easily be sharing a favorite recipe.

Bloodsucking leech.

[Luke T.]

There is a "Respond to Editor" button at the bottom of those stories.

foxlife@foxnews.com

Just sent them this:

Just read this: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183505,00.html

I sure hope you don't assign Ms. Wallace to any stories that actually matter. Her ability to sift fact from fiction is seriously lacking.

Fox has been demonstrating over the past couple years, with alarming regularity, its inability to get stories right or to discern facts from fantasy.

And now psychics? Are you in competition with the National Enquirer?

Not one psychic predicted 9/11. Not one. Anywhere. Not one psychic saw the tsunami ahead of time. Not one. Anywhere. That should be all you ever need to know about psychics.

This blood sucking leech, Fahrusha, is using one of the worst tragedies in American history for her personal gain. Any bunghole can say they suffered bad dreams on the eve of 9/11 AFTER THE FACT.

Get it?

And now you have validated her. A major news outlet. Thanks a lot. Jerks.

[JohnboyMN]

From her meeting with Stephen Robinson.

His psychic abilities are on display immediately when he opens the door ahead of my knock, frightening me not a little bit.

Obviously he has developed the amazing talent of seeing through solid walls and doors -- with the help of a device called a "peephole".

[c4ts]

Sic Mary Roach on them, I say!

[casebro]

From her meeting with Stephen Robinson.



Obviously he has developed the amazing talent of seeing through solid walls and doors -- with the help of a device called a "peephole".

Not to mention the part about the swanky building , WITH A DOOR MAN to call ahead....

[eri]

I want to complain too, but when I click on 'respond to the editor' nothing happens. Can you post the email address?

Seriously, this stuff is ridiculous. She actually states that there's no way to prove psychic ability. Someone needs a wake-up call.

Editted: who's an idiot? Really must read these posts more carefully.

[Manny]

"No one hates a fake psychic more than an authentic one does — they take their profession seriously and seem to do a good job of keeping the con artists far from their circle."

Ms. Wallace must be psychic herself to have found an authentic psychic to ask about this issue.

[LostAngeles]

Not to mention the part about the swanky building , WITH A DOOR MAN to call ahead....

I was thinking something closer to how my cats know when I'm coming home.

I'm home at about the exact same time and he can hear my keys and/or footsteps in the hall.

I went uber-lowtech on that one, sorry.

I tried to give her the benefit of the doubt when she acknowledged the failures. Too much of the article seemed "Gee whiz!" in a way that I (at least wanted to) thought it had to be fake.

*shrug*

[Upchurch]

I was thinking something closer to how my cats know when I'm coming home.

I'm home at about the exact same time and he can hear my keys and/or footsteps in the hall.

I went uber-lowtech on that one, sorry.
Cats nothing, I can do that at home. Hearing the gate open and close usually gives me enough time to reach and door before my visitors do. If I'm expecting someone, I can even have the door unlocked and open before they are visible.

Some people are just easily impressed.

[monoman]

There is a "Respond to Editor" button at the bottom of those stories.

foxlife@foxnews.com

Just sent them this:

Just read this: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183505,00.html

I sure hope you don't assign Ms. Wallace to any stories that actually matter. Her ability to sift fact from fiction is seriously lacking.

Fox has been demonstrating over the past couple years, with alarming regularity, its inability to get stories right or to discern facts from fantasy.

And now psychics? Are you in competition with the National Enquirer?

Not one psychic predicted 9/11. Not one. Anywhere. Not one psychic saw the tsunami ahead of time. Not one. Anywhere. That should be all you ever need to know about psychics.

This blood sucking leech, Fahrusha, is using one of the worst tragedies in American history for her personal gain. Any bunghole can say they suffered bad dreams on the eve of 9/11 AFTER THE FACT.

Get it?

And now you have validated her. A major news outlet. Thanks a lot. Jerks.

That was brilliant Luke. I think that pointing out that she's using 911 for personal gain should show them that this is not just another frivolous story

[c4ts]

Since when do you ever see a bunch of psychics put together to discuss the same disturbing tragedy in the future? Yet they all claim they predicted it after the fact. (They could even fake such a prediction as a group, but they never do it anyway.)

[tsg]

Since when do you ever see a bunch of psychics put together to discuss the same disturbing tragedy in the future? Yet they all claim they predicted it after the fact. (They could even fake such a prediction as a group, but they never do it anyway.)

I've got the image of a Crossfire-esque talk show featuring psychics where they discuss future events:

Moderator: Welcome back to FutureFire. Sylvia, before the break you were telling us your reaction to the disaster that's going to happen in the coming months.

Sylvia: Yes, Phil. I'm getting that it will be disasterous.

Uri: A real tragedy.

John: Something starting with an E, or possibly a T.

Moderator: You mean an earthquake, tornado, tsunami, terrorist attack, train wreck?

John: Something like that, yes. It isn't entirely clear.

Uri: Look! I just bent a spoon!

Sylvia: -but there will be survivors, and a courageous story will come out of it.

Uri: My watch started working! Amazing!

Moderator: I'm sorry, Sylvia, but isn't that awfully vague? I mean, from that description, if two people die in the same incident, couldn't you claim you foretold it?

Sylvia: Oh, no. The impressions I'm getting are that it will be very specific and everyone will know when it happens.

Moderator: That doesn't really clarify anything.

John: ...possibly a Q.

Sylvia: I'm telling you that Randi's Million Dollar Challenge is a fake! He has no intention of giving that money away!

...etc.

[Psiload]

"No one hates a fake psychic more than an authentic one does — they take their profession seriously and seem to do a good job of keeping the con artists far from their circle."

Bullpoop.

I'd like to see one, just one, example of one psychic calling out, or even criticizing, a "con artist" psychic.

I used to post on many a "psychic" message board- Suzane Northrup, James VanPraagh, Afterlife, etc... and I always used to call the psychics out on this one. They'd all acknowledge that, "They're are plenty of frauds out there." and I'd always reply, "Oh really? Name one." Not once did they ever provide a name.

Professional courtesy? Honor amongst theives?

[I'll_buy_that]

Bullpoop.

I'd like to see one, just one, example of one psychic calling out, or even criticizing, a "con artist" psychic.

I used to post on many a "psychic" message board- Suzane Northrup, James VanPraagh, Afterlife, etc... and I always used to call the psychics out on this one. They'd all acknowledge that, "They're are plenty of frauds out there." and I'd always reply, "Oh really? Name one." Not once did they ever provide a name.

Professional courtesy? Honor amongst theives?

You missed it in the original quote.. "No one hates a fake psychic more than an authentic one does ...." it takes an authentic one. that is why you haven't heard anyone calling wolf yet.