JD As a Boomer I have been conditioned, throughout my life, to watch the six o’clock news, which usually meant the TV1 bulletin. Then, about eighteen months ago, growing tired of the increasingly pro-Labour, leftist tenor of their reporting, I switched to TV3. Imagine my disappointment when I
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.substack.com I am Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington, where I run the Democracy Project, and am a full-time researcher in the School of Government When the First Labour Government came into office in 1935, the new Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage
Tim Graham Tim Graham is Executive Editor of NewsBusters and host of the NewsBusters Podcast. His career at the MRC began in February 1989 as associate editor of MediaWatch, the monthly newsletter of the MRC before the Internet era. newsbusters.org The far-left website The Intercept was very excited
bobmccoskrie.com In quite an incredible admission, the previous head of TV3 news Mark Jennings confessed that senior journalists around the country discussed the possibility of the media not reporting Winston Peters if and when he spoke about the Labour government’s $55m public interest journalism fund. But it’s
cfact.org Next step: sustainable human steak? They don’t mention the “sustainable” word, but you know they want to. Right from the start they’re selling it to us: Ethically, cannibalism poses fewer issues than you might imagine. If a body can be bequeathed with consent to medical science,
Peter Greste Professor of Journalism and Communications, Macquarie University When we speak of media freedom, we generally mean it in terms of freedom from unnecessary legal restrictions, so journalists and their sources are not threatened with prosecution for exposing the misdeeds of governments. But yesterday’s announcement by Meta (Facebook’
J. Andrews A response to Bryce Edwards’ opinion piece Good afternoon Bryce, With regards to your recent OpEd thebfd.co.nz/2024/03/03/trust-needs-to-be-rebuilt Yes, indeed trust needs to be rebuilt. I found the 14+ comments on your article more interesting than what you wrote
Dominic O’Sullivan Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University This week parliament acted urgently to disestablish the Maori Health Authority. The hurry was to circumvent an urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing on whether the proposal breached te
Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com Last week, Housing Minister Chris Bishop gave perhaps the most important speech by the new Government since the election. In a speech to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce,
Alia Bland voicesforfreedom.co.nz T There’s nothing quite like a quick watch of the infamous two different classes of people “yip, yip” video of our former leader, Jacinda Jackboot (thanks for the moniker, Lindsay Perigo), to get the old blood boiling! She might be gone, but I don’
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com Our media just do not like Christopher Luxon. But of all the issues they could and should be attacking him
Lawrence W Reed Lawrence W Reed is FEE’s interim president, having previously served for nearly 11 years as FEE’s president (2008–2019). fee.org Isolation, feudalism, and military dictatorship governed the Asian nation of Japan from 1603 until 1868. Known as the period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, its
Sarah Cowgill libertynation.com Every progressive organization is trying to be on the ground floor of indoctrination when it comes to America’s kids. Long gone in so many states is the goal to educate youngsters in language skills, math proficiency, science, and the arts. But the folks behind Black
Daniel Nuccio Daniel Nuccio holds master’s degrees in both psychology and biology. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in biology at Northern Illinois University studying host-microbe relationships. He is also a regular contributor to The College Fix where he writes about Covid, mental health, and other topics. brownstone.
cfact.org The year 1957 is memorable for at least two historic launches. The launch by the Soviet Socialist Union of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite, prompted the US to create the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) the very next year. Eleven years later, Neil Armstrong stepped
Gabriela Pariseau Gabriela is an Assistant Editor in the Media Research Center’s Free Speech America division. She is a graduate of Christendom College where she earned a BA in History. Gabriela has also contributed to The Catholic Register, Arlington Catholic Herald, Students For Life of America and Iowa Right
