On 8th January The BFD ran a story entitled “NZ Police Launch Snitch Unit” The writer asserts that we should be “very concerned” about the police setting up a unit to monitor social media. It appears this police action would be “an impingement on our privacy”. What privacy would that
Covid, vaccine, and border Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): Government accused of being ‘too relaxed’ over new Covid strains Herald: Judith Collins on urging Govt to accelerate rollout of vaccine Jason Walls (Herald): Government being lobbied to accelerate the Covid vaccine rollout ‘before it’s too late’ Shannon Redstall (Newshub): Coronavirus: Judith
IINZ News israelinstitute.nz The Arab Palestinian leadership refused offers of coronavirus assistance but that hasn’t stopped fake news spreading around the world. New Zealand mainstream media and even a politician have also spread the modern-day libel. It was early December when AP and Reuters, the largest news wires
They just can’t help themselves; lefties. ‘Never mind the facts, just put the boot in any way’, seems to be the go-to formula for left-wing mouthpieces, and predictably true to form the head of some medical union or other along with the fuschia-coloured hair lady both chattered aloud and
US politics and NZ Chris Keall (Herald): NZ Privacy Commissioner critical of Facebook and Twitter’s decision to ban Trump Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): NZ privacy commissioner says social media bans on Trump ‘arbitrary and cynical’ RNZ: PM should not ‘tiptoe’ around Trump’s culpability – professor Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): US
Hannah Cox fee.org Hannah Cox is a libertarian-conservative writer, commentator, and activist. She’s a Newsmax Insider and a Contributor to The Washington Examiner. Section 230 simply says that only internet users are responsible for what they write, not the private companies whose websites host the commenters. In 2020,
Cassandra Fairbanks thegatewaypundit.com On Friday, Twitter permanently banned hundreds, if not thousands, of Trump supporters and prominent allies — before banning the president himself. Nearly every account that helped to promote the Stop the Steal rallies or challenge the election results were banned, including Ali Alexander, Michael Coudrey, Gen. Mike
After four years of handwaving away violent riots which have caused massive destruction and dozens of deaths in American cities, the legacy media are suddenly clutching their pearls over a protest which explicitly and solely targeted the government. Their hypocrisy is compounded by their lame and predictable attempts to blame
Liberty Nation libertynation.com Perhaps this year when so many feel so betrayed by the media, searching for solid conservative news sites takes on a new meaning. From spin merchants to sites carrying poorly-sourced “clickbait,” the sifting and sorting has become a challenge to navigate. Nevertheless, we persevered and want
Sometimes, you just gotta quit while you’re ahead. To add another well-worn platitude: a leopard never changes its spots. The wisdom of both these truisms was on show recently, when an Italian court upheld a ruling against social media titan, Facebook. From its very beginnings, Facebook has been based
US politics and NZ Matthew Hooton (Herald): Capitol Riot confirms Donald Trump leaves office as worst President in history (paywalled) Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Kiwi Chris Liddell weighs up resigning as Trump’s deputy chief of staff Damian George (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern on US Capitol riot: Democracy ‘should never be
Waikeria prison riot Te Aorewa Rolleston and Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): Police fired rubber bullets at men during Waikeria Prison standoff Alexander Gillespie (RNZ): Waikeria inmates’ protest: a symptom of a much larger problem ODT: Editorial – Thorough Waikeria review needed Mackenzie Smith (RNZ): Waikeria prison protest prompts calls for H?
Green list MP Golriz Ghahraman has tweeted a fake headline which can only be described as a modern-day iteration of the old Jewish blood libel. This is not her first anti-Semitic action and sadly it won’t be her last. She has been called out on her demonisation and anti-Semitism
Housing Financial Times: New Zealand’s housing crisis poses big test for Jacinda Ardern Jean Bell (RNZ): Buying first home will be out of reach for more people in 2021 – CoreLogic Dan Satherley (Newshub): House prices kept going up through December, Government and investors blamed David Chaston (Interest): History repeating
Waikeria prison riot Chris Trotter: A Powerful political metaphor Polly Gillespie (Stuff): The prison riot that didn’t need to happen Ani O’Brien: Waikeria Prison riots and calls for prison abolition Don Franks (Redline): Reflections after Waikeria incident Cathy Odgers: Maori activists do not run prisons – time to clear
