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Ivermectin, Data Manipulation and the Truth

Ivermectin, Data Manipulation and the Truth

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com Following on from World Ivermectin Day on 23 July, this short video provides insight into how Ivermectin came to be demonised and suppressed as a treatment. The story of Ivermectin gives a glimpse into the shady world of the pharmaceutical industry,

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Rolling Stone AU/NZ Declares ‘Year of the Wiggles’

Rolling Stone AU/NZ Declares ‘Year of the Wiggles’

The Brag Media thebrag.com August 31, 2022 – The Wiggles, as you’ve never seen them before! If every decade has a trend, the Twenties have been hit with an injection of nostalgia. Everything old is new again. It’s why – at least in part – The Wiggles have punctured pop

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Comparing Apples with Apples: The Spinoff and The BFD

The Spinoff has a similar-sized audience to The BFD but the similarities end there. The BFD is funded 95% by our 1600+ members and 5% by our advertising revenue. The BFD serves a broad church of political views that includes libertarian, centre-right, and conservative readers of whom the majority are

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The Pandemic Did It? NYT Fails to Fact Check

The Pandemic Did It? NYT Fails to Fact Check

Debbie Lerman brownstone.org Debbie Lerman has a degree in English from Harvard. She is a retired science writer and a practicing artist in Philadelphia, PA. Yesterday, September 1, 2022, The New York Times had a front page story entitled: “The Pandemic Erased Two Decades of Progress in Math and

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What Will Happen if Independent Media Dies?

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

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‘Amateur’ of the Day

Open letter to Stuff’s Nadine Porter from Ian Wishart: Dear Nadine The morning cereal and coffee was rudely interrupted when I read your analysis of Hannah and found ‘shots fired’ in my specific direction: In June 2007 she was vocal against Islamophobia and co-signed a letter to Investigate magazine

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

A “silk” purse out of a sow’s ear of journalism, maybe? 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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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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What Are “Fact Checkers” Lying about Today?

What Are “Fact Checkers” Lying about Today?

I can’t emphasise enough my Third Law of the Media: “Always assume a ‘fact-checker’ is trying to bullshit you”. Seriously, always start from this baseline assumption, and you’ll rarely go wrong. Most importantly: Never, ever take a “fact-checker” at their word. Read the whole “fact-check” with your bullshit

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Why We Need Your Support

Why We Need Your Support

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

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Do We Now Have to Declare Our Affiliation?

Do We Now Have to Declare Our Affiliation?

Information Opinion Back in 2019, I was fortunate enough to follow some of the local body elections. As an undergrad at university naturally I was intrigued by the ‘youthquake’ candidates including Tamatha Paul and Teri O’Neill. These young candidates were passionate about making the ‘youth voice heard’ and for

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Tsk, tsk, this will upset their paymasters. 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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Why the ABC Silence on Tavistock?

Why the ABC Silence on Tavistock?

As the Hunter Biden laptop scandal shows, lies of omission are often the most damaging of all. It’s not an exaggeration to say that the Deep State, the media and Big Tech’s complicit hiding of the scandal ahead of the 2020 election swung the result firmly in Joe

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Another Hit Job from Stuff

Another Hit Job from Stuff

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science NZDSOS New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science (NZDSOS) along with Public Health Physician Dr Ate Moala, and Barrister Lisa Hansen has been the target of yet another hit piece from New Zealand’s Stuff Media. Dr Moala is “accused” of being connected

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‘A Clear Victory for Dogged Investigative Journalism’

‘A Clear Victory for Dogged Investigative Journalism’

Rick Sarre University of South Australia Professor Rick Sarre retired in April 2020 from the role of Dean at the University of South Australia’s Law School to become an Adjunct with UniSA Justice & Society. His secondary education was undertaken at King’s College, in Kensington Park, South Australia

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