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’ in
I’m sure I wasn’t the only one to watch the attack mockumentary ‘Fire and Fury’ released by Stuff. It was bad enough in the way they portrayed the individuals in it without then finding out that it had been funded by the taxpayers. Their deliberate omission of the
As uncovered by The BFD, the New Zealand police — not Immigration NZ, apparently, as was earlier claimed — actively sought to have two journalists banned from entering the country. Their internal communications left no doubt that the reasons were entirely political, profiling the journalists as “far-right” (a purely subjective political opinion)
Information Opinion Mike Hosking was on a roll last week. With Mallard exiting the House en route to Ireland, he put in a call to Christopher Luxon’s office asking if he would recall Mallard from Ireland when he becomes PM. My immediate thought, with a recent softening in the
Yesterday we broke the story of how Police used a NZ Herald smear article written by an anonymous person to seek further information so that they could ban Avi Yemini from New Zealand. This tactic is known as a “wrap up smear” in political vernacular, and it is precisely what
And it’s a stuff-up of its own – dated 21 months before the latest information it contains. 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
PA Pundits – International Tim Graham papundits.wordpress.com Tim Graham is the executive editor at NewsBusters, and he is the director of media analysis at the Media Research Center. His career at the MRC began in February 1989 as associate editor of MediaWatch, the monthly newsletter of the MRC before
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
Patrick Carroll fee.org Patrick Carroll has a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Waterloo and is an editorial fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. In a recent Joe Rogan podcast, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained the chain of events that led Facebook to censor the Hunter
Rebel News and Avi Yemini have now published their article and video regarding our revelations this morning that the NZ Police sought any information they could use to enforce a decision that they’d already made to stop Avi Yemini and Rukshan Fernando from coming to New Zealand. The Platform
Last week Australian journalist Avi Yemini was prevented by Immigration NZ from entering New Zealand. Media at the time suggested that the decision was made by Immigration NZ, but an investigation by The BFD suggests that it was in fact the NZ Police who were acting to stop both Avi
You know, I often say that I read the Guardian so that you don’t have to, but maybe you really should read it occasionally. After all, why deprive yourselves of comedic gems like this? For several years, Brian Stelter’s Sunday show on CNN, Reliable Sources, has been a
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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
Are dugongs really “functionally extinct” in China? That was the big environmental news, this week. But, as I always warn: When an article claims, “science says…” or “new study shows…”, assume that it doesn’t until proven otherwise. That means you should always try and go to the original source,
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
