In one of the first posts on Andrew Breitbart's new website BigJournalism.com, radio host Ron Futrell purported to list “The Top Twelve Faux Media Scares of the Past Decade.” A couple of the entries caught our eye. In one, Futrell spreads the tired myth that the world is cooling -- something scientists and statisticians could tell him is wrong. In another entry, Futrell goes after “asbestos insulation” as a “faux media scare.” That one caused us to do a double take. How could concern over asbestos insulation be a “faux media scare”? Is BigJournalism actually advocating for people to forget the media hype and install asbestos in their homes and offices? Well, not quite. Futrell does acknowledge that you may not want to sprinkle asbestos “on your cereal in the morning,” but he does present the link between asbestos and cancer as a matter for debate, labeling asbestos a “supposed carcinogen.”

Outside of BigJournalism's world, the link between asbestos and cancer is well-known. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the EPA have determined that asbestos is a human carcinogen.” In case you don't trust the liberal federal government and the WHO (who knows what kind of black helicopter plots those folks are involved in), the Utah Department of Environmental Quality also lists asbestos as a carcinogen. Even Fox News isn't on BigJournalism's side: Fox News senior medical editor Dr. Michael W. Smith has listed asbestos as a carcinogen.

Is it too early to say that relying on BigJournalism for your information may be hazardous to your health?