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The Trouble with Politics in Pop Culture

The Trouble with Politics in Pop Culture

Blake Scott Ball aier.org Blake Scott Ball is Associate Professor of History at Huntingdon College and author of Charlie Brown’s America: The Popular Politics of Peanuts (Oxford University Press, 2021). His research has been featured in Time magazine and on PBS, NPR, the London Times radio, and CNN

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What the Media Are Not Telling You

What the Media Are Not Telling You

Had the star of the story been the Labour prime minister the real story behind the Tesla (non) story would have been immediately up in headlines on all media outlets. Sadly that was not to be, as coverage of Christopher Luxon is strictly controlled and sanitised; whenever possible, negative, humiliating

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Tell us, RNZ, why the comma? 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

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There’ll Only Be One Type of Propanganda on RNZ, Thank You

There’ll Only Be One Type of Propanganda on RNZ, Thank You

Back in WWI, anti-German hysteria reached fever-pitch. Streets and suburbs were re-named. Even the Royal Family changed their names: “Saxe-Coburg-Gotha” became “Windsor”, and “Battenburg” became “Mountbatten”. Not even food escaped the madness: sauerkraut was, however temporarily, re-dubbed “liberty lettuce” in the US. Even during the first Gulf War, demented prejudice

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Is the Media Okay? Can Somebody Check?

Is the Media Okay? Can Somebody Check?

Liam Hehir commonroomnz.com Liam Hehir is a lawyer and political commentator. He publishes his opinion pieces on The Blue Review on Patreon, is a guest writer for The Spinoff, and regularly appears as a panellist on Q&A with Jack Tame. This article was previously published at The

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

RNZ engaging in some wishful thinking, or just showing how they don’t keep up? 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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Media Freedom to Be Muzzled

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com At a post-Cabinet press conference on the 8th of February, just two weeks after becoming New Zealand’s 41st Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins announced that Labour’s proposed hate speech legislation would be withdrawn and the matter referred to the Law Commission. He explained the

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

After writing about a vicious attack on a twelve-year-old girl NZ media have been strangely reluctant to provide a description of the race of her attacker or their age. One person has been spoken to by police and will be referred to Youth Aid after a 12-year-old girl was attacked

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Looks Like Someone’s Feeling a Bit Threatened

Looks Like Someone’s Feeling a Bit Threatened

Nothing indicates the sheer desperation of the mainstream media than their resort to ever-more hysterical and obvious lies. Churchill apocryphally said that if you have enemies it means you stood for something. If you have enemies who constantly screech ridiculous lies about you, it means you really stand for something.

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Stuff invent a new word – is “policising” the act of getting the cops involved? 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

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Who Listens to (ABC) Radio?

Who Listens to (ABC) Radio?

The legislative framework for Australia’s taxpayer-funded left-wing propaganda machine national broadcaster specifies that it must “provide within Australia innovative and comprehensive broadcasting services of a high standard”. Nowhere in the act does it say that ‘the taxpayer has to keep paying for dreck no one cares about’. Yet, that’

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Tucker Soars While Fox and CNN Slump

Tucker Soars While Fox and CNN Slump

PA Pundits – International Douglas Andrews Douglas Andrews began part-time editing for The Patriot Post more than two decades ago, working primarily with Mark Alexander. He joined our editorial team full-time as a writer and analyst in 2020. As a former marine with 30 years of research and writing experience, he

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Don’t Let Trump’s Indictment Obscure Biden Bribery

Don’t Let Trump’s Indictment Obscure Biden Bribery

Graham J Noble Chief political correspondent and satirist at LibertyNation.com. Raised and inspired by his father, a World War II veteran, Graham learned early in life how to laugh and be a gentleman. After attending college, he decided to join the British Army, where he served for several years

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

“dent the car’s window” Must be a special kind of glass… 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

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NASA Stats Show Wildfires Are Declining Worldwide

Frank Lasee CFACT policy advisor Frank Lasee is an expert on energy and environmental issues. His articles have appeared in the Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Real Clear Energy, Town Hall. He has been a guest on TV and radio news. He is the president of Truth in Energy and Climate.

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