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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
Allow me to introduce New Zealand’s young people to a couple of wise old sayings that will serve them well. First: If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Second: If you’re going to talk the talk, walk the walk. Both of these sayings
Over the weekend urban cyclist, pannier bag and lamb chop recipe aficionado, Russell Brown, decided to enter into the debate about crime on his Twitter feed. He rather gloatingly declared victory over his detractors and published this tweet: A keen observer will note that Russell Brown is only publishing nine
How cruel is that? Two Mondays in one week. Thanks BoP Times. 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
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
The findings on trust in media organisations is out and the left-wing dominated media have taken a flogging. It seems that the public is well attuned to their lying ways and are voting with their feet. Newsroom reports: Less than half the New Zealand public now professes ‘overall trust’
Year 12 student and media contact for School Strike for Climate Wellington, Izzy Cook, spoke to RNZ’s “Morning Report” on Friday. Newstalk ZB’s Heather du Plessis-Allan rang Miss Cook for an interview on Friday evening. By Sunday evening Izzy’s mother, Rose Cook, had composed a reply
I don’t see a crow, much less an Imperial State Crow. 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
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
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
