A recent anthropological study both provides a fascinating insight into how one group of people lived 9000 years ago – and a depressing example of how degenerate science reporting has become. Worse, the statements from the study’s authors themselves, which make spurious and long-reaching claims based on the slimmest evidence,
As I reported recently, several surveys have indicated that the shockingly biased mainstream media may well have swung the US presidential election from an unequivocal Trump landslide to the mire of dispute it has become. But the lyin’ media weren’t alone in their efforts to influence the outcome. Silicon
My new favourite newspaper correction pic.twitter.com/wGaFcuAMeh — Paul Cunningham (@cunninghampaul) August 2, 2018 Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com Saturday 28 November 2020 News: Iwi wish for the stars in cliff-top reserve restoration From a gondola across the river to a five-star hotel and restaurant, Rangitane o Manawatu is aiming high, with aspirations to enhance a historic lookout over Palmerston North. A joint committee of Rangitane
The UN’s “Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People” don’t even know their own cause’s date – even when they post an image showing it as Nov 29. Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
Opening of new Parliament Henry Cooke (Stuff): New Parliament brings old debates as Judith Collins and Jacinda Ardern fail to shift dial on first day back Henry Cooke (Stuff): New Zealand’s first African MP Ibrahim Omer recounts harrowing journey to Parliament as a refugee in maiden speech Amelia Wade
What is it with the NZ Herald these days? Their graphics are all messed up. The headlines and accompanying pictures for several stories were randomly mashed together. It’s been happening for some time. Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
One of the most damaging consequences of the growing alienation of voters of different persuasions is that each increasingly inhabit completely separate cognitive worlds. Much of this is the fault of social media, which explicitly encourages echo-chambers – among journalists perhaps more than anyone else. Journalists rely less and less on
Housing Daniel Dunkley (Stuff): Could Boomer Tax be a glimpse of the future and help solve generational inequality? Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Adrian Orr puts tax back on the table in affordable housing debate Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Housing Blame rests with Labour Miriam Bell (Stuff): House sellers cashing in
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com News: National and Labour clash over councils introducing Maori wards A National MP is suggesting it’s undemocratic for councils to decide whether we should have Maori wards. National MP for Whangaparaoa, Mark Mitchell told Mike Hosking councillors who bring in the wards should be voted out.
They said it was impossible, they said it couldn’t be done, yet: there you have it, the Dominion Post has become even worse under new editor Anna Fifield’s stewardship. The headline reference to ‘Frankenstein’ actually relates to author Mary Shelley’s mother; Mary Wollstonecraft and the recent unveiling
All of these come from the same article on the NZ Herald. Honestly, there are even more stuff-ups in the same article, but I got exhausted cutting and pasting them all. Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Under the heading ‘ENTERTAINMENT’, on Saturday the Herald headed an item, “Contestant Dead after TV tragedy.” Very entertaining, doubtless having readers rolling in the aisles. Not to be left out, the STUFF website ran the same item under the heading MOST POPULAR. So there you
Housing Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Why Grant Robertson’s letter to Adrian Orr is a big deal and what happens next Richard Harman: Robertson considering crackdown on property investors Luke Malpass (Stuff): The reason for Grant Robertson’s RBNZ letter: House price inflation creates intergenerational unfairness Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Grant Robertson
