Media
And the Prize for the Most Read Blog Goes to …
A year has zipped by since we last looked at the Alexa rankings for various sites in New Zealand. The last report was when The BFD was a reasonably new site, so how are things going, one year later? A quick recap for the new readers: Google.com has an
The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
To keep it free pay us money…wait what? Has anyone ever thought about this? Surely, the only way to keep it free is to not make a contribution? Otherwise, it’s not free, is it? LOL Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
Help Make Us Cancel Proof
We are essentially a lone voice in a sea of left-wing voices. Do you really want us to disappear or would you rather we powered up our voice? Cancel culture makes people and organisations vulnerable. Activists go after organisations’ ad revenue by complaining to their advertisers. They go after
Do You Trust the BFD?
The latest 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
Join the BFD Army
We are essentially a lone voice in a sea of left-wing voices. Do you really want us to disappear or would you rather we powered up our voice? Cancel culture makes people and organisations vulnerable. Activists go after organisations’ ad revenue by complaining to their advertisers. They go after
Someone Tell Stuff ‘Explaining Is Losing’
Stuff‘s Editor in Chief, Patrick Crewdson, has written a classic ‘explaining is losing’ editorial about why Stuff‘s editorial integrity is intact despite taking millions in state subsidies: If you want an example of the independence of Stuff’s journalism, you’ll find it in Stuff Circuit’s documentary
Feeble Old Man Bores Putin
Let me tell you about the mainstream media. They are different from you and me. They are, they tell themselves, the gatekeepers of truth, and that does something to them. They think, deep in their hearts, that they are better than we are. They see the world differently. All pastiches
The BFD Stuff Up of the YEAR
Today’s Stuff up is an award winning stuff up from the NZ Herald. Here is what they were supposed to publish on the front page of their website. This is what they actually published… Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
Do You Trust the BFD?
The latest 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
Discussing the Weather
Chris Sellars I like to keep an eye on the weather as it’s handy to know which way the wind blows and if a hard rain is gonna fall. I am not qualified though. I don’t call myself an expert or a professional. I have been rained on
Let’s Slaughter a Million Cows and Save the World
Has anyone seen a methane cloud pass his or her window lately? Please let us know. Apparently, there are huge clouds of methane being generated by farting cows and some believe this is destroying the world.
Someone Did Something the Media Don’t Want to Talk About
Did you hear about the racially-motivated mass shooting in the American South, the other day? I mean, you must have. Dylan Roof shot nine black people six years ago, and the media are still yammering about “far right terrorism” at every chance they get. So when a white man
Another Hatchet Job on Morrison Falls Flat
Nikki Savva really doesn’t like Scott Morrison. We know that, because she never misses a chance to remind us. Nikki was a huge fan of Malcolm Turnbull (remember him? Anyone?). Like many female journalists of a Certain Age, Nikki wet her “Depends” when Lord Turnbull of Wentworth ascended to
New York Times Bombshell: The Bee Is a Satire Site!
Many years ago, the local rag in my old home town published a shocking exposé: people were selling pirated software at the local computer swap meet. Imagine my shock. I mean, it’s not as if that’s specifically just about the only reason most people actually went to the