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Media Watch Questions ABC ‘Fact Check’

Media Watch Questions ABC ‘Fact Check’

Well, it looks like I was wrong: Australian PM Anthony Albanese will be going ahead with the “Indigenous Voice” referendum, after all. In my own defence, I will point out that, all along, I have only ever suggested Albanese abandoning it as a remote possibility. After all, even Treasurer Jim

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Stuff Is a Disgrace

Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Having survived on the taxpayer teat, thanks to the government’s disrespectful media bribing, now desperate Stuff, knowing the end is nigh, still sometimes scrapes the bottom of the barrel to malign the opposition. They have the two worst purported cartoonists, certainly in New Zealand history,

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Running the Paper through a spellcheck should be common practice by now at the BoP Times. 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

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Big Poll Result for National

Big Poll Result for National

Rosemary Abbott whakatakitimes.nz ALWAYS BE PREPARED In a remarkable show of forward-thinking, the higher-ups at Newstalk ZB are reportedly bracing themselves for a dangerously hungover Mike Hosking. The popular radio host, renowned for his opinions and undying love for the National Party, has likely started on a big night

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Get Off Yer High Iron Horse

Get Off Yer High Iron Horse

We all like to hate cyclists for being precious, self-righteous and over-full of their own entitlement. But there’s another group of road users very nearly as self-righteous and with a towering entitlement complex. Motorcyclists. You can hear the howls of outrage already. Because no one, not even cyclists, are

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TVNZ & Stuff: Cash for Content Scandal

TVNZ & Stuff: Cash for Content Scandal

Back in 2014 Nicky Hager wrote a book called Dirty Politics. In it, he accused me of having journalists in my back pocket and also accused me of “cash for content” activities. He was entirely wrong about that. But now a real “cash for content” scandal has erupted that threatens

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Double weight loss from Stuff. 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 your reading experience more enjoyable click here to

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An Eye Watering Amount of Money Flushed

An Eye Watering Amount of Money Flushed

Last Saturday’s BFD poll asked readers which scam hit New Zealand the harder financially out of two choices: Covid or climate change. Of course, government policies will inevitably cost more than budgeted government expenditure; for example, climate change policies increased fuel prices by shutting down fossil-fuel development and production,

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Aw, it’s commendable that you edited, Stuff, and yes the resultant paragraph is better than the two separate sentences, but you forgot to tidy up as you went. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.

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Matt Taibbi’s Courageous Fight for Free Speech

Steve Dewey Steve Dewey is a retired federal financial regulator with 40 years of diverse business and financial experience in the private and public sectors. His career has involved the resolution of distressed asset portfolios and failed financial institutions in both Asia and the United States. In 2019, he founded

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A Nightmare on Molesworth Street

A Nightmare on Molesworth Street

Labour is going to lose this election in the opposite way to its last result. In three years, this bunch of misfits are on track to turn a stunning win into an equally stunning loss. If you want proof I suggest you read Mike Munro’s article in the Weekend

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

ZB gets their tweets confused… then deleted 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 your reading experience more enjoyable click

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Pot and Kettle Territory

Pot and Kettle Territory

Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Broadcaster Tova O’Brien is now writing for Stuff. In a recent piece she mocked National Leader Luxon for his lack of charismatic personal support. Given that she lost her previous media job for precisely the same reason, namely the absence of audience support, this is

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Struggle of the Day

For at least the third time in its history, TV3 has approached the government for help. Newsroom revealed the extent of WBD’s problems back in July when the company filed its annual accounts. The 2022 before tax loss was $35 million. This followed a $21m loss the previous year.

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Libraries not ” library’s” Stuff. 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 your reading experience more enjoyable click here to

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