Two headlines on Newshub on the same day, a few days after the first leaders’ debate (a debate the media is strangely claiming Ardern lost but Collins didn’t “win”). The first headline says “NZ Election 2020: Judith Collins’ claim 100 percent renewable electricity would increase power prices fact-checked
This is a “hole.” This is not a “hole.” The BFD. Stuff up of the day. Source: NZ Herald If you enjoyed this BFD Stuff up of the day please consider sharing it with your friends.
Forget the Middle-East peace deals or soaring middle-class incomes, one of President Donald Trump’s greatest achievements has been to rip away the curtain and expose the legacy media for who they really are. Like “Oz the Great and Powerful”, the legacy are tawdry hucksters frantically spinning smoke
Under the heading “Entertainment” with the subheading “We all need some entertainment in our lives,” the Stuff website yesterday reported the suicide of a 26 year old Kiwi musician. Bob Jones If you enjoyed this BFD Stuff up of the day please consider sharing it with your friends.
Olivia Pierson oliviapierson.org “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” Winston Churchill I heard Richard Prebble on the Leighton Smith podcast today parrot the fake news lie about President Trump telling people to inject/swallow bleach as a
Election Tim Watkin (RNZ): Sending out the political assassins as National shoots itself in the foot Peter Dunne: Greens’ fate uncertain, but the rest of the election jigsaw is beginning to look remarkably settled Andy Fyers (BusinessDesk): Will the polls move this close to election day? (paywalled) Ali Shakir (Herald)
Stuff makes me shake my head yet again… The BFD. Stuff up of the day. Source: Stuff If you enjoyed this BFD Stuff up of the day please consider sharing it with your friends.
Sir Bob Jones I put up with last night’s fireside chat as much as was tolerable, then swapped the television for my book. At my age time is of the essence and I don’t have it to waste. The problem of course is there’s basically no substantial
While everyone was fixated on the latest pronouncement from the podium of truth, or stuck in Auckland’s traffic chaos, or attempting to translate their way through Maori Language Week, or generally thinking about the upcoming election, the NZ Herald slipped in an interesting article, sourced from the Financial Times,
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com After looking solely at Jobseeker Benefit and COVID Income Relief Payment numbers the Stuff journalist says, Many jobs are being lost as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. But not 400 a day. Towards the conclusion of the first leaders’ debate, Judith Collins said
Election Audrey Young (Herald): Act’s job is to destroy NZ First vote says National’s Judith Collins Ben Leahy (Herald): Wealth tax ‘a bottom line’ for a Greens-Labour Government: Genter Claire Trevett (Herald): Why Jacinda Ardern has more to fear from a poll she won than a debate
Yesterday the NZ Woman’s Weekly was back on the shelves in time for the election. Their electioneering stance was so obvious that even some of their readers commented on it on Facebook. Both the NZ Woman’s Weekly and the Listener have been brought back from the dead but
The Spinoff journalist who made this stuff up of the day described BFD writer Cam Slater (who has had a stroke) as “enfeebled” in the same article where he (Duncan Greive) demonstrated that he doesn’t know the difference between “electric” and eclectic. The BFD Stuff up of the day.
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Older rugby fans will recall Grahame Thorne as a sparkling 1960s All Black five eight. My best Thorny memory was after he gained the National selection for the solid Labour seat of Onehunga in 1990 and in the subsequent National landslide, caused a huge upset
Press Release: New Conservative In a time of growing ideological conformity within the New Zealand media, a backlash from the public has seen media outlets seeking to proclaim themselves as the arbiters of truth. The New Zealand media industry, once renowned for impartial journalism, groundbreaking investigative articles and solid, balanced
TVNZ leaders debate Tim Watkin (Pundit): A Rabbit-Hole Election Debate: So Do You Want More Avocado Orchards? Steve Braunias (Guardian): First TV debate between Ardern and Collins avoids being a horror show Luke Malpass (Stuff): Leaders’ election debate verdict: Jacinda Ardern lost, but Judith Collins didn’t win it
