Thanks, to an increasingly irresponsible media—Omicron has now terrified the civilised world, setting off cries for more lockdowns and general harum-scarum, even though the international “death toll” of this bug is so far a grand total of… one (maybe). Omicron is a very mild strain of Covid 19
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
Hong Kong Free Press hongkongfp.com Hong Kong Free Press is a new, non-profit, English-language news source seeking to unite critical voices on local and national affairs. Free of charge and completely independent, HKFP arrives amid rising concerns over declining press freedom in Hong Kong and during an
NewstalkZB versus RNZ. RNZ wins. Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
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. This year a Youtuber in New Zealand lost his job after a concerted effort by activists including Maori Party co-leader
It takes a special kind of chutzpah to accuse others of “inaccuracy”, “disinformation” and “writing with an agenda” when those are exactly the tools you’re using to attack them. But then, this is the New Zealand mainstream media and left-cultural establishment we’re talking about. These sorts of
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’
Remember our Business of the Day – Clairville Bakery? Wairarapa Age has a front-page article stating incorrectly that they are closed to diners. So they replied on Facebook. There is so much to take away (no pun) from what he says. Meanwhile….cronuts! WOW! If you have a great Youtube,
“The vaccine“…wait what? Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
The BFD provided its daily audience of 27,000+ readers with three slide shows of photos from the November 9th Freedom protest in Wellington, access to a live Facebook video of the march and the speeches and an Op-Ed from the group that organised the march. It was clear
One of the most disturbing turns on the slippery slope we find ourselves careering along at breakneck speed is the increasingly transparent push to normalise paedophilia. As reported previously, this isn’t just some fringe creeps, but the mainstream (which means the “mainstream left”) media: Salon, Slate, the New York
House Speaker Trevor Mallard has given a rare tribute to a journalist – Newshub’s outgoing political editor Tova O’Brien. “I want to acknowledge the media. I think they act with incredible integrity… probably with a couple of exceptions,” Mallard said in his final speech in Parliament for 2021. “I
People are gathering at a tea tree? NZ Herald at their finest. Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
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
Oiwan Lam globalvoices.org Oiwan lam is a media activist, researcher and educator currently based in Hong Kong. Her Chinese writings are in inmediahk.net Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a prominent international press freedom watchdog, released its latest report on China, “The Great Leap Backwards of Journalism in China,” on
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