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
Due to the value I place on my mental health, I limit my exposure to mainstream and social media. These information channels have altered the role media plays in society. Where once factual information and news predominated, there is now mostly propaganda and gossip. As has been the case since
In his books Silent Invasion: China’s influence in Australia and Hidden Hand: Exposing How The Chinese Communist Party Is Reshaping The World (co-written with Mareike Ohlberg, Australian academic Clive Hamilton exposes, “the Chinese Communist Party’s global program of influence and subversion, and the threat it poses to
The Headline from Newshub states: “About 3 pct of young people with COVID-19 experience severe outcomes – study” This headline would make the average person believe that about 3 per cent of young people with COVID-19 experience severe outcomes. The study actually looked at “What proportion of SARS-CoV-
Things must not be playing out well for the Prime Minister and her bent boyfriend after he was busted trying to get favours for his muso mates. What’s a girl to do just days away from the Red Wedding? Roll out the weapons of mass distraction. First up was
Oh God… even at McDonald’s? Now I know why I can never get into the toilets. 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
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
The Spinoff has the same size audience as The BFD but the similarities end there. The BFD is funded 95% by our one thousand five hundred plus members and 5% by our advertising revenue. The BFD serves a broad church of political views that includes libertarian, centre-right, and conservative
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.
Not content with hounding a doctor out of her business for the crime of providing medical exemptions to people desperate to avoid losing their jobs because of government and business mandates, NZ media are now trying to destroy her new business as well. This Media cancelling and hounding of her
The NZ Herald making no sense at all… 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
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
Some months ago, in September, I received credible information from a source that The BFD and myself were being actively monitored by Police Intelligence and that at least once we had even been mentioned in a weekly Police Intelligence briefing. Fortunately I was able to OIA the precise documents where
Did you hear about the group of armed far-right protesters who set fire to Australia’s old Parliament House, now the Museum of Australian Democracy? Of course you didn’t — because it didn’t happen. Rest assured, though, if it had, the screeching from the mainstream media would be
