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Get Woker, Go Broker

Get Woker, Go Broker

My husband has listened to Radio New Zealand (RNZ) for as long as I can remember. He also listens to the BBC World News. He still listens to RNZ, but I have noticed that nowadays, he seems to listen more and more to the Concert programme. I know the reason

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Racist Abuser? Must Be White, Right?

Racist Abuser? Must Be White, Right?

There’s a number of rules-of-thumb one should employ when dealing with the mainstream media. I’ve covered some of them before as “Lushy’s Laws”: * Never believe a headline; * When an article claims, “science says…” or “new study shows…”, assume that it doesn’t until proven otherwise; * Always assume

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Our Readers Have Champagne Tastes but the BFD Has a Beer Budget

Stuff has reported on the extent of media bludging from government troughs. It is eye-watering just how much taxpayer coin some media organisations have availed themselves of. Media companies large and small claimed funding from the Government’s media package last year. In April 2020, Broadcasting, Communications and Media Minister

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Operating on the Smell of an Oily Rag We Go Toe to Toe with Well Funded & Government Subsidised Competitors

Operating on the Smell of an Oily Rag We Go Toe to Toe with Well Funded & Government Subsidised Competitors

Stuff has reported on the extent of media bludging from government troughs. It is eye-watering just how much taxpayer coin some media organisations have availed themselves of. Media companies large and small claimed funding from the Government’s media package last year. In April 2020, Broadcasting, Communications and Media Minister

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Daily News Roundup – 17 April 2021

Daily News Roundup – 17 April 2021

Public sector pay freeze Stuff: Editorial – Pay freeze stretches public sector loyalty Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Pay freeze shows Government can’t manage the books Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Pay freeze controversy enters second day, with Greens and National pressing Labour Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Do people really earn more in

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Why the apostrophe? Perhaps a hyphen between walk and ins, but what’s the apostrophe for? Maybe I needed to tune in to the single source of truth to get the latest info? Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.

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Do You Trust 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 trust’

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Help Us Win a Lopsided Battle

Help Us Win a Lopsided Battle

Stuff has reported on the extent of media bludging from government troughs. It is eye-watering just how much taxpayer coin some media organisations have availed themselves of. Media companies large and small claimed funding from the Government’s media package last year. In April 2020, Broadcasting, Communications and Media Minister

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Help Us Win a Lopsided Battle

Help Us Win a Lopsided Battle

Stuff has reported on the extent of media bludging from government troughs. It is eye-watering just how much taxpayer coin some media organisations have availed themselves of. Media companies large and small claimed funding from the Government’s media package last year. In April 2020, Broadcasting, Communications and Media Minister

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As Clear Cut a Case of Plagiarism as You’ll Ever Find

As Clear Cut a Case of Plagiarism as You’ll Ever Find

Failed editor, hard-left writer, and cycling aficionado Simon Wilson tweeted a Rod Emmerson cartoon from the NZ Herald: Oh we all laughed and chortled with Simon Wilson…until one of our moderators spat in Wilson’s coffee with some facts: It is as clear cut a case of plagiarism as

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