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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

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Al Jazeera, Qatar and the Taliban

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

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

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.

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Spot the Difference

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

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Why We Need Your Support

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

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The BFD Nightcap

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

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

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.

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Cam’s Back on Insight!

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.

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Nets Call It Quits, Done Covering Americans Held Hostage by Taliban

Nets Call It Quits, Done Covering Americans Held Hostage by Taliban

Nicholas Fondacaro newsbusters.org Nick grew up in East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania. He graduated from Binghamton University in 2013 with a degree in Political Science. While at Binghamton he served as the Speaker of the Student Assembly and wrote for the Binghamton Review, where his love for journalism started. Out of

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

For some strange reason, I just could not get this link to work! Source: Bay of Plenty Times. Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.

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The BFD Is the Ultimate Political Focus Group

Dear NZ Politicians did you know that The BFD is the ultimate Focus Group? Writing for us puts your ideas in front of our substantial audience and the comment section provides you with feedback that you normally would have to pay big bucks for. Our readers are your existing or

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Media Repeat Obvious Lie about Ivermectin

Media Repeat Obvious Lie about Ivermectin

I’ve gotta hand it to the mainstream media: every time I think they couldn’t possibly outdo themselves with the sheer brazenness of their lies, they go right ahead and prove me wrong. “Russian collusion”, “Muslim ban”, Brian Williams’s hair-raising scrapes in Iraq, “a rape on campus”

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