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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
A Freudian slip from Newshub. I agree that the vaccine is “vile” hahaha but what they mean to say was “vial”. Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
Letter to the Editor: Conspiracy Theory of the Week
Dear Editor Blink and you’d miss it … Richard Prebble is still confined to the ‘Naughty Room’ at the NZ Herald. They can’t let the ‘sponsor’ (your Marxist Government) of the ‘Fifty-five Million Club’ be offended by the Herald giving one of its best columnists (with a topic that
The Debate over the $55 Million Media Fund Erupts Again
Graham Adams Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Graham Adams is a journalist, columnist and reviewer who has written for many of the country’s media outlets including Metro, North & South, Noted, The Spinoff and Newsroom A week ago, the NZ Taxpayers’ Union posted a short
The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
Stuff Up of the Day from the NZ Herald 8/9/21. We have all heard of road rage, but can it be possible that the road itself becomes enraged? Maybe it’s just cold and over-emotional from all the snow? Or are they trying to say that the Crown
One of These Digital Platforms Is Not like the Other
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
Age-Adjusted Mortality Is at 2004 Levels. Yet They Tell Us COVID Is Worse Than the 1918 Flu
Ryan McMaken mises.org Ryan McMaken is a senior editor at the Mises Institute. Last week, the media again tried to ratchet up the public’s fear over covid-19 by labelling it more deadly than the 1918 flu epidemic. “COVID-19 Is Now the Deadliest Disease in U.S. History,” reads
The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
One News caption reveals the shocking truth! Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
The Latest Media Bias Results
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 BFD
Letter to the Editor: Concerning Censorship in the Last 48 Hours
Dear Editor there have been some extremely concerning developments for democracy in the last 48 hours. 1. You’ll already know about the “HOPE New Zealand” video being pulled by YouTube after 160,000 views. 2. But did you see that TVNZ Have pulled down all the Aotearoa poll links
Do You Trust Us?
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
Dodgy Graphs and Lying with the Truth
Many moons ago, I wrote about How Not to Get Fooled by Graphs. Exactly why it’s necessary to drum in such a warning is once again demonstrated by the NZ Herald. Purely unrelated, I’m sure, to the multi-million-dollar bribe “public interest journalism” cash injection from the government – not
The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
Way to go, RNZ, another new location invented by the news source to trust! Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
Media Tarts Dependent on a Pimp Government
“A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore!” Robert Heinlein As every junkie knows, every hit just leaves you wanting more. Then you need even more to get the same high. It’s a vicious circle. It’s the same with bribery: paying a bribe just encourages the swindler to hit
The Age of the Plague
Sean O’Connor Sean is a former inorganic chemist turned automation engineer and a recovering cynical Moral Therapeutic Deist who repented and turned to Christ. Note: This article uses American figures as their statistics are convenient to retrieve and the COVID-19 epidemic has gone on long enough in the USA
Do You Trust the BFD?
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