Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. Warning Long Read. 2105 words.
Earlier I wrote about the corrosive nature of social media against democracy and trust. Today I want to explore the poison dart guns of social media and how they are instrumental in the poisoning and polarisation of society. Social media gives the ‘weak’ a powerful poison dart with which they
RNZ at its stellar best – If Robbo is “Acting” Deputy PM, then who is the real one? 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
“Snactions” lol. Try Jaffas. 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 here to browse
Last year Stuff 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
nzdsos.com In this long read, Dr Guy Hatchard explores how information that is either mis-representated or left out completely can lead to a false narrative. He looks at the mis- and missing information around myocarditis and athletes and at the construct that anti-vaxxers suffered child abuse. Warning
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
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
Hey Stuff, what’s an “electronic” powered bus? Does it run on used televisions or something? Hmm. Imagine a hybrid electric [LITHIUM BATTERY] / HYDROGEN accident and subsequent fire. Sit back with the popcorn and watch for the mushroom cloud… If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the
For some strange reason, the Washington Post, which obsessively printed everything its team deemed a “lie” from President Trump, abruptly stopped counting the moment Joe Biden took office. Well, perhaps not so strange, really: the legacy media are desperately covering for the Biden White House in any way they can.
Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young
I suspect those of us who were proud to be New Zealanders no longer feel the same pride in our country. The majority of us who never sensed the difference in our family members or workmates being Maori or Non-Maori feel particularly aggrieved with the path a few greedy,
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Catherine Salgado newsbusters.org Catherine Salgado is a Staff Writer with Media Research Center’s NewsBusters’ Free Speech America. She also has a column, Washington’s Bayonette, on The Rogue Review and her own SubStack newsletter, Pro Deo et Libertate. Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey slammed the “dysfunction” of Twitter’
I don’t remember bar and PSI being the same thing when I was at school, but those lovely people at Supercars.com have put me right. 20BAR = 290 PSI If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of 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’
