“Integrity” and “corruption” commissions all sound very good in theory. After all, who doesn’t want corrupt politicians caught out and punished? That’s the theory. But then, the theory of socialism is that it makes fairer and wealthier societies. The gap between the theory and the reality of corruption
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thelookingglass.co.nz More pearl-clutching from ‘misinformation experts’ over the freedom community’s political engagement. Pathologising dissent has been a perennial theme at The Looking Glass, but now media actors are moving beyond targeting pesky protestors and dissidents to cast a shadow over entirely pedestrian activities. Activists in the freedom
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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
Guy Hatchard hatchardreport.com Dr Guy Hatchard is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. Information Opinion We have just had
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Can you imagine a New Zealand in which independent media is gone and all that remains is a small group of large media organisations muzzled by funding from the government? It’s not some faraway dystopia. It is already happening. With the rapid corporate consolidation of traditional news outlets and
voicesforfreedom.co.nz This week the VFF team received an email from Stuff’s Andrea Vance requesting an interview for a story she was writing. The email specifically stated that they weren’t prepared to submit questions in writing. Over the past two years, VFF has conducted almost all of
Mark Freeman Supporters of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange gathered at Parliament grounds in Wellington on Saturday and called for his extradition to the United States to be stopped. The protest, attended by 35 people, was held in solidarity with an event in London, where supporters formed a human chain from
dailytelegraph.co.nz Note: This article has been edited and a couple of sentences from the original article removed. Dr Greg Treadwell is a senior lecturer in Journalism at AUT. Writing this week in Newsroom, Treadwell was of the opinion that certain principles of the NZ Media Council’s Code
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
Espiner: Well, it wasn’t a great weekend for Labour Party candidates in the local body elections and presumably not a wonderful weekend either for their most high-profile backer, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. She gave ringing endorsements for Labour-aligned Wellington candidate Paul Eagle and to Auckland mayoral hopeful Efeso Collins
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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
The landscape for conservative media is getting darker and darker. The BFD is faced with competitors that are hock deep in Government funded troughs and social media giants that stifle freedom of expression. Last year The BFD copped a second 30-day ban on Facebook. Our first one was for posting
