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NZ Herald Attacks Freedom of Press 

NZ Herald Attacks Freedom of Press 

Information Opinion In a recent article it was revealed that the NZ Police had conspired with Interpol and NZ Immigration in order to dig dirt on two Australian journalists so as to defame and slander them and block them from entering New Zealand. It was also revealed that the NZ

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Biden’s Nasty Speech, while MSM Ignore Hunter

Biden’s Nasty Speech, while MSM Ignore Hunter

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. President Biden gave a nasty primetime speech on Thursday

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A Lament for Godzone

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 One of my favourite

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No Longer Trust

We Simply No Longer Trust Them

On Friday we saw just how committed the NZ Herald is to defending democracy. They aren’t. Instead their dark forces have been marshalled to act as state agitprop. They were deployed, not to welcome a whistleblower shining light on the scuttling cockroaches in our police and government, but rather

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Volley of the Day

Volley of the Day

Grab your popcorn. We have media doing their damnedest to protect the Government and their propaganda, aaand we have media doing their job. Yesterday, RNZ published this article on police withholding OIA information and misleading parliament on police spending on contractors and consultants. Police withheld the 2020 report from RNZ

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

In the NATO phonetic alphabet (radio communications), ‘Z’ is Zulu, so all these answers are wrong. 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

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No Filters. No Spin. Straight from the Horse’s Mouth

No Filters. No Spin. Straight from the Horse’s Mouth

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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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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