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Propping up The  Propaganda Press

Propping up The Propaganda Press

Public Interest Journalism Propaganda has received an $18m boost with the announcement of funding for an additional 110 journalists across New Zealand with “a specific mandate to produce stories that keep New Zealanders informed and engaged, and support a healthy democracy”. Don’t you just love the Newspeak? War is

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Auckland Mayoralty a Media-Fixed Handicap Race

Ted Johnston BSc BA LLB Co-leader New Conservative. The news coverage of the Auckland mayoralty in the last 1 or 2 weeks prior to the election, only features the two news media appointed and anointed  ‘favourites’. The news media has winnowed down the number to force a 2 horse race,

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Dilbert Cancelled after Satirising Woke Culture

Dilbert Cancelled after Satirising Woke Culture

Jean Seah mercatornet.com Jean Seah is a social media manager, freelance writer, managing editor of The Daily Declaration and associate editor of MercatorNet. After growing up in Singapore, reading law in Brisbane, running off to a convent in Perth, imbibing liberal arts in Sydney and a brief sojourn in

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Does Govt Funding of Journalism Support a Healthy Democracy?

Does Govt Funding of Journalism Support a Healthy Democracy?

Public Interest Journalism Propaganda has received an $18m boost with the announcement of funding for an additional 110 journalists across New Zealand with “a specific mandate to produce stories that keep New Zealanders informed and engaged, and support a healthy democracy”. Don’t you just love the Newspeak? War is

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Pumping up the Polls

Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, TV and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

NZ Herald quiz: written by the same bozos who set NCEA exams perhaps? 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 Has a Beer Budget but Our Readers Have Champagne Tastes

Last year Stuff 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

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No Filters. No Spin.

One of the things that The BFD offers you that the MSM does not is unfiltered, unspun Political news straight from the horse’s mouth. 1. Political Party Press releases: The MSM re-write them and only publish the bits they want their audience to read. They filter the content and

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Journalists Too Frightened to Tell the Truth

Journalists Too Frightened to Tell the Truth

Alex Hills   Free Assange NZ + Candles 4 Assange The ‘Assange precedent’ means state powers will be able to rip foreign journalists from their country to silence them, and as a result, journalists have become too frightened to tell the truth. Thousands of people have now pledged to surround the British

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Contender Wayne Brown Fights Back

I don’t often burst out laughing during the rather dry current affairs show The Nation, but today I did. A rather naive Wayne Brown during recent media time with Newshub made a highly inappropriate, but hilarious, comment while he was ‘miked up’. He called Simon Wilson, who has been

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A Good Reason to Vote for Wayne Brown

A sneaky and underhand Newshub hit job has given every Aucklander a good reason to vote for Wayne Brown for the Auckland mayoralty. They had their cameras rolling prior to an interview with him, as well as a live microphone, and then proceeded to bait him prior to the interview

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Her not “here” and the not “then”. 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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“Safe and Effective: A Second Opinion”

“Safe and Effective: A Second Opinion”

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com A second opinion Released on Tuesday, Safe and Effective: A Second Opinion is a powerful new documentary by renowned ‘establishment’ media professionals from the UK. It is a frank and honest appraisal of the vaccine deception visited on a frightened and

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Te Paati Maori and Vested Interests

Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Controversial Maori politician and president of Te Paati Maori, John Tamihere, is in hot water over large financial

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Is 6000 Excess Deaths Acceptable Collateral Damage? Part 1

JL Information Opinion In May 2022 my father believed he had had a heart attack. Usually stoic when it comes to his health, he still thought it serious enough to go to hospital. He’s 80 and clutching his chest; he approached the cardiology department. They sent him to ED.

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

“fo” as in slang for “for”, or just lame writing? 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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