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MediaWorks Machinations

MediaWorks Machinations

What is going on at MediaWorks? First, it was John Banks and now it’s Sean Plunket. It seems as if the company is trying to pre-empt the proposed hate speech laws and get in first. Their CEO Cam Wallace certainly seems to be intent on implementing a woke philosophy.

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A New “Democracy” Totally Reliant on Media

A New “Democracy” Totally Reliant on Media

Why on earth did the left finally come out and admit that the 2020 US election was rigged? Simple. Too much evidence of vote rigging has been trickling onto the public stage and rather than address the issue, why not short circuit debate by justifying vote rigging as representative of

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Journalists Must Be Free to Bite the Hand That Feeds

Journalists Must Be Free to Bite the Hand That Feeds

ACT Party “The Government must ensure that journalists can remain independent of the state despite the $55 million of taxpayer money it’s just given to media companies,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Journalists must be more than free to bite the hand that feeds them – as the Fourth Estate

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Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

Our Truth, Ta Matou Pono: The Truth about Aotearoa Dear Sir, I have just received my Franklin County News and was surprised to read Carmen Parahi’s take on New Zealand’s history. There were always good and bad happenings throughout history. But looking at New Zealand history in particular,

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Daily News Roundup – 12 February 2021

Daily News Roundup – 12 February 2021

Parliament’s tie-wearing rules Peter Dunne: Waititi wins Caroline Daley (The Conversation): The tie that binds: unravelling the knotty issue of political sideshows and Maori cultural identity Jason Walls (Herald): I spy with my little tie: Which MPs embraced the new tie-optional rules in Parliament? Jessica Mutch-McKay (1News): Hei-tiki in

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The Anti-Trumpers Who Incited the Capitol Riot

The Anti-Trumpers Who Incited the Capitol Riot

As is becoming clear from the FBI’s own evidence, the January 6 Capitol riot was not spontaneously “incited” by President Trump. On the contrary, it was – as the FBI apparently knew long beforehand – well-planned and executed by small groups of highly-organised agitators. But just who were these agitators? Right-wing

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Get Woke Go Broke

We have all seen how the Big Tech corporations have started piling on to businesses that support conservative views. The fate of Parler is a very good example, but it is easy to just dismiss all that because it is America and ‘Orange Man Bad’. It is a different story,

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Frustrations about Our Fourth Estate

Frustrations about Our Fourth Estate

David Cumin israelinstitute.nz The role of media in any country is vital for democracy. That’s why non-democratic rulers often tightly control the flow of information and why we should be concerned at the state of global press freedom, especially with looming challenges. It is, thus, noteworthy that there

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Daily News Roundup – 11 February 2021

Daily News Roundup – 11 February 2021

Parliament’s tie-wearing rules Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Speaker rules tie requirement to be dropped from Parliament Scott Palmer (Newshub): Ties no longer required in Parliament as ‘appropriate business attire’ – Speaker Trevor Mallard Claire Trevett (Herald): Parliament’s great tie-breaker and why Rawiri Waititi got no support from Labour’s Maori

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Oops, someone published the article before filling in the blanks. “X cases“ Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.

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Keep the Virus Panic Going at All Costs

Keep the Virus Panic Going at All Costs

Governments across Australia are facing a crisis at the moment. How do they hang on to dictatorial emergency powers when there’s no actual emergency? Easy: keep the fear whipped up to panic level by any means necessary. There are bugger-all Chinese virus cases in Australia right now, certainly none

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Racism in the Media

Racism in the Media

I am what the left would call a “woman of colour.” According to the left that makes me a step higher up on the identity politics pyramid of victimhood than a “white woman” and makes me an expert on racism. My brown skin allows me to know racism when I

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