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Don't Panic

Don’t Panic, It’ll All Be Fine

Corporal Jones always used to say “Don’t panic, don’t panic!”, usually when things were about to turn to custard. That was certainly how I’ve been feeling this past week, when what should have been a routine plugin upgrade for our membership system all of a sudden caused

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

From a reader: This morning’s Stuff had a prominent article by “Stuff sports reporters” that stated “Wales have never beaten the All Blacks” which, apart from being grammatically incorrect (Wales is a singular nation, so it should be “Wales has never”) is factually incorrect. Wales has beaten the All

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Is There Another New Zealand on Mars?

Is There Another New Zealand on Mars?

As I often remind BFD readers, Australian journalists mostly know next to nothing about New Zealand politics. To be fair, until I became a BFD contributor, neither did I. Which was a pity, because not only is NZ politics fascinating in its own right, but Australian and NZ politics complement

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Beaming Grooming Right into Your Living Room

Beaming Grooming Right into Your Living Room

For a billion-plus dollars a year, Australian taxpayers probably expect not to be lied to their faces about trans grooming being beamed into their living rooms. As groomers will, the ABC boss and Greens senator Sarah “Sea Patrol” Hanson-Young deflected and dissembled when the grooming agenda was brought to public

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Don't Panic

Don’t Panic, It’ll All Be Fine

Corporal Jones always used to say “Don’t panic, don’t panic!”, usually when things were about to turn to custard. That was certainly how I’ve been feeling this past week, when what should have been a routine plugin upgrade for our membership system all of a sudden caused

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Questions of the Day

Questions of the Day

In the video, Ardern is getting upset because Luxon is not asking her questions about the cost of living. National must have focus-grouped the Media merger which is why Luxon is instead hitting her with questions about it. Note what the questioning reveals about the state of our Mainstream media.

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Everybody’s Doin’ It, Doin’ It, Doin’ It

Everybody’s Doin’ It, Doin’ It, Doin’ It

With the US midterm elections just days away, the feverish paranoia about “misinformation” are rising fit to burst the mercury. But, depending which side of politics you favour, the more you’ll be convinced that it’s the dastardly other side who are doing it all. And you’d be

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Set not sew. A funny stuff up from The Platform. 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

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Don't Panic

Don’t Panic, It’ll All Be Fine

Corporal Jones always used to say “Don’t panic, don’t panic!”, usually when things were about to turn to custard. That was certainly how I’ve been feeling this past week, when what should have been a routine plugin upgrade for our membership system all of a sudden caused

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Newshub Shocked: Trump Voters Are Nice

Newshub Shocked: Trump Voters Are Nice

Remember: the very people finger-wagging you about “misinformation” and “fake news” are the same people who’ve been steadily lying to you for the last seven years. Of course, they’ve been at it for far longer than that, but the mask really came off in 2016 — and got thrown

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A Web of Lies

A Web of Lies

Anna Kate Hannah does not represent New Zealanders in parliament or hold office in any democratic jurisdiction, as far as I am aware. So it’s impossible to know what gives her the authority to decide which people among us are a threat to civil society. Nevertheless, in part of

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

“10 months on” what, 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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When Media Aims to Distort Democracy

When Media Aims to Distort Democracy

Tim Graham newsbusters.org 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. We don’t have a Mainstream Media. We have

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Don't Panic

Don’t Panic, It’ll All Be Fine

Corporal Jones always used to say “Don’t panic, don’t panic!”, usually when things were about to turn to custard. That was certainly how I’ve been feeling this past week, when what should have been a routine plugin upgrade for our membership system all of a sudden caused

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“Fact-Checkers” Are Lying to Our Faces

“Fact-Checkers” Are Lying to Our Faces

I know I keep repeating myself, especially for a savvy audience like BFDers, but still, the point has to be hammered home: Always assume that “fact-checkers” are trying to bullshit you. Because as experience proves, time and again, they absolutely are. I’m not just talking about Snopes “fact-checking” the

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

ODT this week. 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 browse our

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