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Daily News Roundup – 6 May 2021

Daily News Roundup – 6 May 2021

Parliament’s Speaker Trevor Mallard Henry Cooke (Stuff): National v Mallard: That atrocious late-night debate is the reason people hate politicians Barry Soper (Herald): Trevor Mallard’s outburst this week questions whether he understands what a serious sexual assault is Claire Trevett (Herald): The unedifying spectacle of the Speaker v

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World Class Wetness

World Class Wetness

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Thank God young women don’t read newspapers. I refer to a Stuff site, so-called news-item showing a photo of a Hawkes Bay saturated looking bearded bugger called James Crow. If our young women read this item we’d witness the Riot Control Police with

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Daily News Roundup – 5 May 2021

Daily News Roundup – 5 May 2021

He Puapua document and the National Party Henry Cooke (Stuff): Whose race card is this anyway? Judith Collins and David Seymour both appear to have found the same wedge issue Graham Adams (Stuff): Ardern on a hot tin roof over He Puapua plan to share power with Maori Claire Trevett

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What’s Got into the ‘Herald on Sunday’?

What’s Got into the ‘Herald on Sunday’?

There was actually a negative headline in the editorial of May 2, 2021, about Joe Biden in the Herald on Sunday. It said, “President nobody is watching”. Then a bit of sarcasm was added. “In case you missed it President Joe Biden held his first address to Congress on Thursday”

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Where to for Journalism?

Where to for Journalism?

3rd May 2021 The above picture shows who is controlling the shots at the Global New Light of Myanmar. (No pun intended). Information on detained Myanmar Journalists: 1. Detained Journalists – 73 2. Released Journalists – 30 3. Arrested Journalists- 43 4. Prosecuted Journalists – 42 5. Arrest Warrants – 22 6. Prosecuted Media

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How Biased Is The BFD?

How Biased Is The BFD?

There is a New Zealand website that measures media bias. I thought it would be interesting to see how The BFD compares to other media, so I visited it to find out. When I first visited it in the early days of our launch I felt that we had room

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Daily News Roundup – 4 May 2021

Daily News Roundup – 4 May 2021

China and New Zealand Bryce Edwards (The Guardian): Ardern’s speech was not an attack on China, or even a shift away from Beijing Geoffrey Miller (Democracy Project): Something for everyone in Ardern’s speech on China Michael Neilson (Herald): Greens, Labour undecided over Uyghur motion calling for declaration of

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Let’s Raise a Glass with Rose McGowan

Let’s Raise a Glass with Rose McGowan

There’s not a lot I probably agree with Rose McGowan on, but I’d happily join her in clinking a glass to the demise of Hollywood, following the worst-ever ratings results for the Oscars. McGowan was one of the shrillest voices in the MeToo witch-hunt – but unlike most of

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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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man sitting on chair holding newspaper on fire

More People Distrust the Media Than Ever Before

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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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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I Love the Scent of Lefty Panic in the Morning, Don’t You?

I Love the Scent of Lefty Panic in the Morning, Don’t You?

Saturday, 1 May 2020. Stuff’s front page, “Most popular”: Sometime in the ensuing hours: Sinead, Sinead…is that you, it’s Helen, you’re on speaker to Heather, we’re all here, all of us. Sinead; what were you thinking? Get that piece cremated… What do you mean; you

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