The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
Stuff creates a new gender…” wowen.” Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
Media
Letter to the Editor: Ian Kirkpatrick
Dear Editor Oh dear. The hoary old NZ Herald, once upon a time the failsafe recorder and respecter of everything ‘All Blacks’, has done it again – this time a classical mistake about the history of one of the game’s greats, former All Black loose forward Ian Kirkpatrick. In a
Looney NY Times Goes Woke on Steroids
Clay Waters PA Pundits – International papundits.wordpress.com Clay Waters was the director of Times Watch a former project of the Media Research Center. A half-dozen timeworn titles by beloved children’s author Theodore Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, will no longer be offered by the author’s estate for
Public Interest Journalism
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The government is giving $55 million of taxpayers money to support what it describes as public interest media. The obvious danger of this is it will compromise recipients’ political comments. To deny that is naive and invites cynicism. But what puzzles me is why, alone
Maori: ‘…Gentle, Kind and Involved Fathers’
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
Daily News Roundup – 9 March 2021
PM pulls out of weekly Mike Hosking interviews Mike Hosking (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern doesn’t answer the tough questions Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): PM turning her back on voters by abandoning interview slot Barry Soper (Herald): Jacinda Ardern is treading water, the master of soft, flattering
Media Put the Boot in as ‘Jackboot’ Jacinda Runs from the Hard Questions
‘Jackboot’ Jacinda Ardern is on the run from the media. Yesterday she cancelled her media slot with Mike Hosking using the flimsiest excuse possible: A statement from the Prime Minister’s office to Newstalk ZB said: “The Prime Minister’s schedule of media appearances has been reviewed and while it
Face of the Day
The Prime Minister has not been on my Newstalk ZB programme this morning, and there is a reason for that. She is running for the hills. She no longer wants to be on this programme each week. The somewhat tragic conclusion that is drawn is the questions she gets … are
The BFD Stuff up of the Year!
The Press and Stuff recently introduced their readers to a new type of group they call the “mounted special obstacles” I think the biggest obstacle The Press and Stuff face is a dearth of competent proofreaders. Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
How Media Distorts Science: COVID on Surfaces
Covid Plan B covidplanb.co.nz Covid hysteria has highlighted the strange human tendency to want to believe the worst. No matter how bad something is, we are fascinated by the possibility it could be even worse. Journalists are subject to the same psychological trait, but are also driven by
Another Good News Story
Having had several sleepless nights due to the anticipation and excitement about the forthcoming Oprah Winfrey interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, I can now reveal that “Meghan chose a classically beautiful outfit, wearing a flowing monochrome Giorgio Armani gown. The ‘long triple silk georgette dress’ cost £3,300
Stuff Resorts to Bagging & Bullying People to Get the Government’s Favour
Waikanae watcher waikanaewatch.org Readers of Stuff’s increasingly dreadful journalism will likely have seen the article on its website from 3 March headed “Covid-19: Destiny Church leaders fleeing Auckland lockdown ‘completely irresponsible‘.” That headline came from a question one of their hacks asked of cabinet minister Chris Hipkins
Government’s COVID Echo Chamber
The government’s propaganda machine this weekend discussed the problem of social media platforms hamstringing government propaganda, or more specifically how to inject government messaging about the COVID-19 vaccine into social media reports of community resistance generally and from Brian and Hannah Tamaki specifically who say they won’t
Free Speech & the NZ Herald
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com I have always believed strongly in free speech. So did my university teachers. I recall my professor saying to me: “I might disagree fundamentally with what you say, but I fought in the War for your right to be able to say it”. About a month