Media
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
NZ Herald Publishers Give in to Twitter Mob
You’ll remember the work we’ve done to defend the rights of the feminist group Speak Up For Women (SUFW), which was de-platformed from speaking at council-owned venues about proposed amendments to the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 1995. Now NZME (publishers of the NZ Herald newspaper,
The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
Just in case you missed the main story on page 3, the BoP Times provides a short summary on page 7. Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
BBC Heresy! ‘Climate Change Isn’t All Bad’
In a time of universal deceit about climate change, telling the truth is not just a revolutionary, but a positively heretical act. Just ask, say, Bjorn Lomborg or Judith Curry. Even speaking from personal experience, nothing induces pure, spitting rage in a climate botherer so much as calmly reciting facts
Herald Jokes about No Media Bias
It’s always good to start the weekend with a good piece of humour, and page C4 of the Business Section of the Weekend Herald provided it. The page was devoted to a typically well-written opinion piece by Bruce Cotterill. Cotterill was commenting that any chance of the media being
Media Greedies
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments Early this year, under the guise of “enhancing public interest journalism” that was deemed to be at risk due
Al Jazeera, Qatar and the Taliban
Judy Maynard aijac.org.au When Taliban insurgents seized the presidential palace in Kabul on Aug. 15, the images beamed out around the world represented a scoop for the Qatari news network Al Jazeera. Following the recent withdrawal of US and foreign troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban regained control of
The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
Wait…what? ” Wiles’ bubble-friend goes a brief swim” Was she wearing briefs or did she go for a brief swim? Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
Spot the Difference
The LynnMall stabbing has provided us with an interesting study on media bias. Compare how they reported on the Christchurch shooting with how they reported on the LynnMall stabbing. According to Marc Daadler (Newsroom), our main focus should be on preventing people from becoming radicalised. Fair enough. But the way
Why We Need Your Support
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. This month The BFD copped a second 30-day ban on Facebook. Our first one was for posting
The BFD Nightcap
This is incredible! The green dots on this Google Earth map represent radio stations all over the world. Click on any one of the dots and you will immediately hear that station with very good reception. For example, halfway up Ireland’s east coast, there is a station playing Irish
The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
Forget the Delta and Lambda variants, we’re already up to “Covid-91”. Source: RNZ Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
Cam’s Back on Insight!
Cam is back on Insight Politics with a brand new format of video/podcast called Politicast. We’ve worked long and hard to bring you this new format and we are confident you will LOVE it! The financial support of our 1000+ members has made this level of production possible.
