Last year New Zealand hosted the APEC online conference. Unbelievably for a wholly online conference, it still came with a price tag of $76 million dollars. We can at least tell you where $93,000 of that $76 Million dollars went. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs paid Stuff and the
In some places like New Zealand and China, government propaganda is largely unquestioned and people practice unquestioning obedience to the regime. This makes all-too-complacent New Zealanders look like absolute politically controlled morons. If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of
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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
It’s not for nothing that my Third Law of the Media is: “Always assume that ‘fact-checkers’ are trying to bullshit you”. At least robot overlord Zuckerberg admits that his “fact-checkers” are just, like, his opinion, man. The mainstream media would still have us believe that they’re hard-headed truth-seekers,
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. The
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Newshub’s former political editor Tova O’Brien signed a 3 months restraint of trade clause should she leave the broadcaster for a rival. She has now done precisely that and is crying unfair and wanting this agreement she made over-ruled. Nothing hugely unusual about
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
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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 Minister
Parents and children waiting in line at the North Shore stadium drive-through vaccination centre on the first day of vaccination for 5-11-year-olds were told five children had collapsed. Staff at the centre were alleged to have asked parents to ferry them to nearby North Shore Hospital rather than calling ambulances
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Dictators invariably have a paranoid streak a mile wide. Which should be no surprise: they know they’re perched on a wobbly pedestal that’s always about to tip them in front of a firing squad. All it took was a crowd to start booing Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and
The BFD is 95% powered by member dollars and the remaining 5% comes from ad revenue. The Spinoff doesn’t have genuine subscriptions because all their content is free to read. Take a look at the true source of their funding. Hint, it is not their readership. Last year The
Tim Ordei Information Opinion Everything in this series of articles is my own opinion. My decisions are my own and not recommendations to anyone else. While at this stage I have chosen not to vaccinate against covid, I have taken a considerable amount of time and effort to help improve
