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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Stuff doesn’t disappoint when it comes to lowering the bar for proofreading. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Someone was typing too fast (the m is next to the comma on the keyboard). A proofreader would have caught it.  NZ Herald. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access

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The Only Nazi the Media Won’t See

The Only Nazi the Media Won’t See

Imagine if Donald Trump had welcomed a former Nazi SS soldier with a standing ovation in Congress. The media would have gone nuts. They lost their minds badly enough over imaginary Nazis, the sheer, catastrophic meltdown over the Donald being seen in company with an actual, WWII-vintage Nazi would

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University Degrees

Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The degradation of university degrees over my life-time, is tragic. Readers familiar with my novel of 20 years back, “Degrees For Everyone” will understand. Consider this. A regular contributor in the NZ Herald is a Canterbury University sociologist, (a bogus subject lacking any intellectual element)

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MSM Are Out of Step With Society

MSM Are Out of Step With Society

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com As the election closes in, there appears to be an overwhelming mood for change. New Zealanders have had enough. The chickens are coming home to roost for Labour as disgruntled voters, sick and tired of the incompetence, the lies and deceit, search for alternatives. Election

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

It looks like the NZ Herald is following the education sector’s lead in dumbing down the tests. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just

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Caution RNZ – Your Bias Is Showing

Caution RNZ – Your Bias Is Showing

When RNZ first began it was with the intention that there would be an honest and sole broadcaster in which the people of New Zealand could have confidence in what they were hearing was neutral, factual, and professional. Sadly, that worthy reputation for a member of the fourth estate has

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The Media Need to Be Honest

The Media Need to Be Honest

The media need to start being honest with New Zealand’s voters. As heartbreaking as it must be to find themselves on the losing side of the political divide, they should not be in the business of taking sides. The job of a journalist is to report without fear or

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Why Won’t Our Journalists Do Their Jobs?

Why Won’t Our Journalists Do Their Jobs?

Michael Bassett Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments bassettbrashandhide.com As the probability that National and Act will win the election grows stronger every day the left is

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Newshub may have been at the protest, but they seem to have skipped English class. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads

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The Importance of Rupert Murdoch

The Importance of Rupert Murdoch

Jeffrey Lord Jeffrey Lord is a Contributing Writer for NewsBusters. newsbusters.org The announcement that the News Corporation’s founding father Rupert Murdoch was transitioning to “chairman emeritus” status has opened the flood gates for both admirers and critics. ABC News, focusing on his influence in British media, headlined this:

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Opinion of the Day

Opinion of the Day

Heather du Plessis-Allan recently had an epiphany. She didn’t know that many Kiwis don’t want co-governance being forced upon us without our consent. Du Plessis-Allan says, “That result surprised me. It was many times higher than I would have expected.” And she concludes, “ignoring this

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Some of them pleaded not guilty, and the others are fighting the charges? I thought that’s what not guilty meant – you’re fighting the charges. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would

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Danny’s Been Drinking the Kool-Aid

Danny’s Been Drinking the Kool-Aid

Danyl McLauchlan writes in the Listener why he thinks Labour has taken a massive nose dive. […] But in the 20 polls since the budget in mid-May, Labour has been fractionally ahead in just two of them, both in June. Then came the resignations of Michael Wood and Kiri Allen,

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Pretty sure they’re called pedal cars, and not peddle cars, although if you sold one I guess you’d be peddling a pedal car? If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like

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