Praying Medic - Bias and Credibility (original) (raw)
- Overall, we rate the Praying Medic as a far right-biased conspiracy and pseudoscience source based on promoting QAnon conspiracy theories and other unproven claims, selling scam services such as healing prayer classes, and promoting pseudoscientific prayer cures for serious medical ailments.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: RIGHT CONSPIRACY-PSEUDOSCIENCEFactual Reporting: VERY LOW
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Website
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY
History
PrayingMedic.com is a blog and website run by Dave Hayes, who identifies as Praying Medic. Launched in 2009, the site covers a range of topics including Christian spirituality, healing, and supernatural experiences. Hayes is known for his books and videos that focus on Christian teachings, prophetic insights, and interpretations of current events from a spiritual perspective.
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Funded by / Ownership
The Praying Medic is privately owned by Dave Hayes. The website is funded through sales of books, donations, and online courses.
Analysis / Bias
The Praying Medic website exhibits a strong religious and spiritual bias, particularly aligned with charismatic Christianity. The content often emphasizes supernatural experiences, divine healing, and prophetic insights, framing current events through a spiritual lens.
However, the site is also heavily focused on conspiracy theories related to World War 3 and those espoused by QAnon. It also routinely promotes pseudoscience through healing prayer and other supernatural experiences.
Articles and headlines are often emotional, favoring a conservative perspective like this: TRUSTING IN GOD’S PLAN IN A TIME OF CHAOS, and with praise for Donald Trump, TRUMP WILL SAVE AMERICA … AGAIN. Finally, Dave Hayes promotes and supports QAnon conspiracies and has authored related books.
Besides the above, the website sells pseudoscientific divine healing classes for $120. The website also offers healing prayer videos for specific ailments like this Prayer for Covid, Vaccine Injury, Respiratory, and Heart Disease and Prayer For Healing Tumors, Cancer, Chemotherapy, and Radiation. There is no evidence to support that prayer can cure anything.
In general, the Praying Medic website promotes right-wing conspiracy theories and advocates dangerous pseudoscience that can harm people if they do not seek proper medical care.
Failed Fact Checks
Overall, we rate the Praying Medic as a far right-biased conspiracy and pseudoscience source based on promoting QAnon conspiracy theories and other unproven claims, selling scam services such as healing prayer classes, and promoting pseudoscientific prayer cures for serious medical ailments. (D. Van Zandt 07/18/2024)
Source: https://prayingmedic.com/
Last Updated on July 18, 2024 by
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