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
Stuff has 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
8wire 8wire.news Information Opinion The girls at femmo propaganda rag ‘Stuff’ have willingly signed up for the B Corp movement. B Corp is an organization that issues a wokeness certificate to any company wishing to leverage it as a marketing or virtue signalling tool. It measures things such as
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
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Ron Paul ronpaulinstitute.org Any doubt that many progressives have abandoned their commitment to free speech was erased by the hysterical reaction to Elon Musk’s effort to purchase Twitter and return the company to its roots as a free speech zone. Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich and “woke” neocon
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 Stuff up is the difference between b’s and m’s ( Billions and millions) Now that’s expensive coffee! 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
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. Linda Greenhouse reported on the Supreme Court for the New York Times for 30 years. Since then, she’s appeared in the
Two years ago a website was set up to measure media bias in New Zealand. Both Kiwiblog and The BFD were mentioned and rated, as were left-wing blogs and all mainstream media. Back then Newshub was rated as the most biased (towards the left) of all the mainstream media.
Mark Freeman Some Covid restrictions were lifted in New Zealand early last month, yet vaccine mandates remain for many employees, masks are still required in some public settings, and the jab continues to be promoted as a way to protect our loved ones. Enabling this ongoing oppression are the mainstream
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
Who trusts a used-car dealer? This makes the million-km Hiace van look like a rank amateur – 50 per cent more mileage in 12 months. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would
Last month Buzzfeed News announced that it was cutting jobs in a move described by its staff as “gutting” their newsroom. As a result of the staff cuts, three of their editors resigned. A few weeks after Buzzfeed’s announcement, the parent company for The Intercept revealed that 20 of
You will see from the information below that the Government is paying the salaries of MSM Editors so that the Media organisations themselves do not have to fund the positions themselves from their own revenue. This means that the minute the Government stops the funding the Editors will lose their
