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
Covid: Govt comms, blame, compliance Graham Adams (Democracy Project): Ardern’s halo slips, rhetoric wears thin Luke Malpass (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern’s Covid comms strategy is starting to look a bit tired Michael Morrah (Newshub): Epidemiologist Michael Baker says recent COVID-19 cluster should have been contained earlier – points to communication
She could only find relief not “relieve”….sigh Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
It took them a while but the social justice warriors have finally tweaked that Dr Seuss books are raaacist. /sarc Six Dr. Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” — will stop being published because of racist and insensitive
Waikanae watcher waikanaewatch.org Readers of the Dominion Post and other Stuff publications will recall that the media organization made a fool of itself last December, shortly after the re-election of the Jacinda government, with a hand-wringing apology for past ‘racist’ articles. It subsequently initiated a series under the by-line
Yes, the woman was caught but she told the court not she told the “the caught” she sought diversion. A very silly mistake from the BOP Times. Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Or any dollars at all. That’s the message from Southland’s mayor to Destiny Church leaders Brian and Hannah Tamaki who he says are not welcome in his region. The only reason why today’s unkind face of the day Southland
What is an “ockdown”? Is it a lockdown in Australia? You know…Ockers? Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
As Mark Steyn wrote, “the air-brush is mightier than the sword”. Steyn was referring to the Canadian press and its valiant efforts to erase any sort of clue that might have twigged their readers that there was something a little bit jihad-y going on in Paris. Two Muslim terrorists became
Screenshot The BFD Dr Michael Bassett’s column referred to below has been removed from the Northland Age website. Upon review, its unacceptable views did not meet our standards. We apologise for its publication. Northland Age – NZ Herald Suppression continues apace of historical opinions that do not conform to the
Covid Chris Trotter: Atavistic urges Matthew Hooton (Herald): Lockdown 4 sparks Jacinda Ardern’s wrath (paywalled) Peter Dunne: The government urgently needs to upgrade its Covid19 strategy Michael Morrah (Newshub): Information contradicting Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on KFC worker came from Ministry of Health Emile Donovan (Stuff): The Detail: NZ’
The third but definitely far from least of my “Three Laws of the Media” is: Always assume that “fact-checkers” are trying to bullshit you. You’ll almost never be wrong. “Fact-checkers” are, in fact, anything but. In reality, they’re mainstream media (which is to say, left-wing) confirmation-bias generators. A
Tautological ineptness from Stuff. Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
When it comes to not being fooled by the media, an important principle is to never believe without evidence an article that claims “a study shows”. There are two important reasons for not taking such a claim at face value: firstly, the media spin studies to fit their prejudices (for
