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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

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No, She Really Is a Giant Hypocrite

No, She Really Is a Giant Hypocrite

Despite the claims of moral relativists, there are some moral ideals that are universal among humanity. One of the most obvious is our disdain for hypocrisy. And we can spot it a mile off. “Do as I say, not as I do,” is rightly derided and is generally fatal to

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Five Things You Are NOT Paying For

When you support The BFD your money is going towards the crucial basics such as internet service providers, content and Editorial services. It is not being spent on: Flash offices. The BFD has an online office where our staff from within NZ and Australia meet up every day to share

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Our Readers Enjoy Champagne on a Beer Budget

Our Readers Enjoy Champagne on a Beer Budget

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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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

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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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Raise Your Glasses to the BFD

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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VFF Lodges Formal Complaint with Media Council

VFF Lodges Formal Complaint with Media Council

voicesforfreedom.co.nz On September 9, VFF filed a formal complaint with Stuff regarding their Fire and Fury opinion piece. The complaint was filed on a Friday and by midday Monday we received the following reply from the Stuff Editor-in-Chief, Janine Fenwick. Given this response was unsatisfactory and failed to

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Why the Press Peddle Hate

Why the Press Peddle Hate

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com Information Opinion Paula Penfold’s publicly-funded mistreatment of earnest and politically savvy people protesting extreme government overreach has had a few positives. The parliamentary protest hit piece itself was actually a while coming but its timing was perfect – for freedom-loving people

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Government Spending More than RNZ and TVNZ Are Worth

Government Spending More than RNZ and TVNZ Are Worth

Melissa Lee asked a good question in Parliament about the more than $300 million spending on the merger of Radio New Zealand and TVNZ. It turns out that the Government is planning on spending more on the merger than the combined value of what both companies are worth. Worse still,

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One School Condemned the Other Celebrated

One School Condemned the Other Celebrated

Clay Waters newsbusters.org Clay Waters was director of Times Watch, a former project of the Media Research Center. His self-published whodunnit? is Death In The Eye. A massive two-year New York Times’ investigation condemning Jewish yeshiva schools appeared on the front page on Sunday, September 11. The core accusation

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Apart from mangling the titles, it should be Wessex, not Essex. 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

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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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Shock! ABC Almost Tells Truth

Shock! ABC Almost Tells Truth

Well, I’ll be buttered on both sides! The ABC is almost telling the truth about “renewables”! No, they’re not telling the truth about the massive pollution in developing countries caused by mining and manufacturing components for windmills and solar panels. And no, they’re not telling the truth

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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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The Story That Made the Washington Post Care about Balance

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. The Washington Post and its journalism lecturers like Margaret

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