Despite (or, more likely, because of) its being one of the biggest-selling fiction books in history, literary types have an almost reflexive aversion to The Lord of the Rings. Few of their criticisms make sense, but one of the most perplexing is that it is “simplistic” in its treatment
Family First An in-depth analysis of the media coverage of the ‘conversion therapy’ bill which was passed in Parliament in February has found that support for the law received a heavily biased share of the media coverage during the campaign period. The analysis looked at 126 New Zealand-based
Dear Editor There is a concerted drive underway to discredit all except the MSM. TV One is running a series warning about ‘fake news’ news, with the standard ‘Guilt by Association’ process of describing a clearly deluded view (‘Green Lizards from the Planet Zog taking over the world’ type of
Cancel culture makes people and organisations vulnerable. Activists go after organisations’ ad revenue by complaining to their advertisers. They go after individual’s jobs by complaining to their employers. Last year a Youtuber in New Zealand lost his job after a concerted effort by activists including Maori Party co-leader
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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
The Minister of Homelessness can’t even organise getting her picture on the website. 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
Remember Hunter Biden’s laptop? If you only got your news from Twitter, Facebook, or the legacy media, you almost certainly don’t. Big Tech banned users from even sharing the story. At most, you might be aware that it was all Russian disinformation. Lies, “illusion”, a “farcical retread” of
As journalist Abby Martin recently observed, “For my entire life I’ve watched the corporate media sell us war after war… every single time it turns out they lied”. What unwarranted cynicism! I mean, it’s not like they lied about Weapons of Mass Destruction, or Iraqi soldiers throwing Kuwaiti
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
Luxon has apparently bought into the global warming scam. He said, “weaning the economy off fossil fuels is necessary to reduce emissions, while aiming for a proper transition”. Ignorant politicians such as that are no asset to any country or its economic standing. In fact, they are as dangerous to
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Brownstone Institute brownstone.org The Brownstone Institute for Social and Economic Research is a nonprofit organization conceived of in May 2021 in support of a society that minimizes the role of violence in public life. Adam Creighton is economics editor at The Australian, and served as a leading voice for
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.
What is a Woman? The current nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States says she is “not a biologist” and as such cannot define what a woman is. I am here to help. My alma mater, Otago University, despite having a medical school, could probably use my help
Is there anything more nauseating than the self-pitying sanctimony of the rich and famous? Every time I see Jim Carrey pontificating about how making truckloads of money made him really, really miserable, I don’t know whether to just vomit on the spot, or point out that, for all
