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Buy Your Dog a Subscription to the BFD

I was looking at the BFD subscriptions today when I noticed that one customer name for a subscription was My Cat James. We here at The BFD are all for diversity of thought of course but I also think that it is very important that our customers are also as

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Join the BFD Army

Join the BFD Army

We are essentially a lone voice in a sea of left-wing voices. Do you really want us to disappear or would you rather we powered up our voice? Cancel culture makes people and organisations vulnerable. Activists go after organisations’ ad revenue by complaining to their advertisers. They go after individual’

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With Your Help We Can Win a Lopsided Battle

With Your Help We Can Win a Lopsided Battle

Stuff has reported on the extent of media bludging from government troughs. It is eye-watering just how much taxpayer coin some media organisations have availed themselves of. Media companies large and small claimed funding from the Government’s media package last year. In April 2020, Broadcasting, Communications and Media Minister

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The Real Reason TVNZ Cut Away from the Olympics

The Real Reason TVNZ Cut Away from the Olympics

News media reported the other day that TVNZ cut way from its Olympics coverage to run an ad break instead. Here is how the NZ Herald reported it: TVNZ has decided to stay quiet after copping criticism for flicking to an ad break during a moment of silence in the

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Troubled Waters Ahead

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. It was certainly a howl

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Dear Commenters

Dear Commenters

Hi everyone. It is time to remind our commenters, new and old, of their responsibilities when posting on the blog. We have some concerns at the moment that a lot of the comments are lower in quality than usual and we will be taking steps to delete poor quality comments

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Faces of the Day

Faces of the Day

Protests across Italy against COVID-19 Vaccine Certificates ROME (AFP) – Thousands of people protested in cities across Italy on Saturday (July 24) against the government’s introduction of restrictions on unvaccinated people as Rome tries to slow an upturn in Covid-19 infections. “Freedom!” and “Down with the dictatorship!” chanted Italian flag-waving

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Guess Who the World’s Biggest Source of Greenhouse Gases Is?

Guess Who the World’s Biggest Source of Greenhouse Gases Is?

A drum roll, please. The answer to the question “Who is the biggest source of greenhouse gases?” is, and colour me surprised, … China! Wow, who would have thought, right? The obviously far-right and fake news site “Climate Change Dispatch” explains. Take, for instance, a new report that shows greenhouse gas

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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

Take our Daily Opinion Poll and see how your views compare to other readers and then share the poll on social media. By sharing the poll you will help even more readers to discover The BFD. Share this BFD Opinion poll so others can discover The BFD.

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