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Join the BFD Posse

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 Debbie

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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

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‘Elimination’ Means Whatever the Government Tells You It Means

‘Elimination’ Means Whatever the Government Tells You It Means

Because you’re an idiot, the great minds at Stuff have graciously condescended to explain to you what “elimination” means. Did you think it means “removing or getting rid of something completely”. Oh, you poor simpleton. No, no, no. You need to stop consulting the dictionary and listen to your

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Are the NZ Media Really Recovering from the Jacinda Effect?

Are the NZ Media Really Recovering from the Jacinda Effect?

I try not to pride myself as a political prognosticator: for all the times I’ve guessed right, I’ve as often been wrong. Fairly early I predicted that Jacinda Ardern’s media lackeys would turn on their fairy princess, just as they did with Australia’s Kevin Rudd. Clearly

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Tell me, how do you “device” if things will change? Back in the day, we would decide. Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.

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One of These Digital Platforms Is Not like the Other

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

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Solve the housing crisis, get all the dead builders on the job. Archer built the house seven years after he died. Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.

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Open Letter to the MSM

Open Letter to the MSM

Micky Turner Dear Newshub, Herald, TVNZ  and RNZ, This is a complaint about the lack of balance in your reporting about the drug Remdesivir: * newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/09/covid-19-new-zealand-evaluating-antibody-cocktail-ronapreve-for-treatment.html * nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-coronavirus-delta-outbreak-the-three-main-treatments-for-the-virus * rnz.co.nz/news/world/451360/explainer-how-antivirals-like-covid-19-drug-remdesivir-work * tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/

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Do You Trust Us?

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

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What the NZ Herald Chooses to Publish

What the NZ Herald Chooses to Publish

Cultural Norm Last weekend, the NZ Herald published a superb column by Bruce Cotterill, headed “Any risk of being in Govt’s pocket is a danger to democracy.” Cotterill laid out a lot of evidence and a good argument for his claim that what New Zealand’s major media is

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