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The Latest Media Bias Results

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

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Misleading Headline of the Day

Misleading Headline of the Day

The Stuff headline claimed that Judith Collins said that venues should be able to bar unvaccinated people from entering. This headline gives the impression that Judith Collins: a) thinks that venues should have the right to discriminate and b) is suggesting that venues should discriminate against unvaccinated people. Here are

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Dramatic recovery of KiwiRail locomotive that fell into Picton Harbour The NZ Herald in the above article reported that Hon Dr Nick Smith was “a local politician” but we are pretty sure that he was there in his capacity with Smith Cranes for whom he now works. Picton is in

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Dropping like Flies at Magic Talk

Dropping like Flies at Magic Talk

Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under

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Do You Trust the BFD?

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’

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Comparing Apples with Apples: The Spinoff and The BFD

Comparing Apples with Apples: The Spinoff and The BFD

The Spinoff has the same size audience as The BFD but the similarities end there. The BFD is funded 95% by our one thousand plus members and 5% by our advertising revenue. The BFD serves a broad church of political views that includes libertarian, centre-right, and conservative readers of

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On Censorship and Heresy

Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur, and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more

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Forgotten Freedoms Fade Fast

Forgotten Freedoms Fade Fast

Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Articles on major websites including Stuff and the New Zealand Herald have had uncensored, hardcore pornography embedded in them after a porn company bought the domain name of defunct video hosting service Vidme. Twitter user dox_gay noticed 5 Star Porn HD had bought the domain name, resulting in “NSFW

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Stop Making COVID Look like an Apocalypse

Stop Making COVID Look like an Apocalypse

Harry Hunt Tuesday 17th August, I hear the ding of my phone. Ah yes, of course, a community Covid case. Exactly what we needed. The news started an hour earlier just to make sure everyone got their fix before six. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t

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O’Sullivan and Trevett’s Hit on Collins

Two articles appeared in the Weekend Herald from Fran O’Sullivan and Claire Trevett. Both concerned Judith Collins and both were written along similar lines. A cynic might say that we are looking at a coordinated attack. I don’t think that was the case but two such articles appearing

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The Velvet Gloved Media

The Velvet Gloved Media

It always strikes me as a terrible indictment of the NZ media that, if you want to find unbiased reporting of the performance of our government, you have to look overseas to find it. I am sure there are other countries whose media pack do nothing but praise the government;

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Sorry, RNZ, William Stedman won Silver in the long jump, not Gold. Talk about re-writing history! Never mind, at least you reported it correctly in the body of your article! Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.

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