CNET Drools Over the Healbe GoBe, Proving There’s One Gullible Journalist Born Every Minute

Originally posted on PandoDaily:

For a large chunk of last year, Pando's James Robinson followed the utterly ridiculous story of the even more ridiculous "Healbe GoBe". The device, which raised over a million dollars on Indiegogo, claimed to be able to count the number of calories you had consumed throughout the day by reading blood glucose levels through your wrist.

Despite the fact that doctor after doctor after scientist after scientist lined up to tell Pando that the claims made by the device were " some straight Ghostbusters, Peter Venkman bullshit," Indiegogo refused to pull the campaign. At one point, the crowdfunding platform actually secretly changed its terms and conditions to remove a guarantee against fraudulent devices.

Still, it seems that Barnum ( maybe) was right: There's a sucker born every minute. Today's newborn doofus is CNET, which just published a lengthy puff piece on the GoBe to coincide with the device's CES...

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