It’s hard to know just where to start the snark. Fran O’Sullivan’s gushing puff-piece about Jacinda Ardern meeting Angela Merkel is what the military folks call “a target-rich environment”. It’s also a rich study in my-side blindness. Consider the opening sentence: German Chancellor
Stuff invents a new word. “torage” Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
Last year 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
You’ve got to hand it to Stuff: it takes real chutzpah to break Betteridge’s Law of Headlines, while at the same time pretending to criticise the Ardern government — but really doing its dirty work. First up: Betteridge’s Law of Headlines states that “Any headline that ends in
“hopsitals” Really? Maybe the journalist is on Meth? 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
A Northland Covid press briefing was cut short when a reporter asked Ardern a couple of hard questions. Her excuse for not answering the questions was that he was “non-accredited media.” When he persisted, she took her dedicated propaganda media team inside to finish answering their soft-ball questions
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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’
Are “water metres” a new measurement standard? Will they replace nautical miles? Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
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. Recently The Spinoff
Even the Stuff Quiz stuffs it up…the 2021 AFL final has been renamed. It is now called “of due to Covid-19” Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
Last year 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
Bingbing Ge Lancaster University Bingbing Ge is a Teaching Fellow at Lancaster University Management School and a researcher at the Centre for Family Business. Her research focuses on family business management, entrepreneurship, and strategy. This article contains spoilers for season three of Succession. Succession is back for another series of
