National Party Claire Trevett (Herald): The case for Judith Collins to make Deputy Shane Reti and put Simon Bridges in finance (paywalled) John Bishop (Stuff): National needs new values to rebuild Henry Cooke (Stuff): Gerry Brownlee’s deputy leadership in trouble ahead of confidence vote Zane Small (Newshub): National MPs
As I wrote in my series on How Not to Be Fooled, one of my iron rules for dealing with the mainstream media is: Never believe a headline. Case in point, this bizarre piece of taradiddle published in the Sydney Morning Herald, claiming that Most Australians love the ABC and
Another article from Stuff’s resident child journalist. Will someone please explain to him or her how apostrophes work? If you enjoyed this BFD Stuff up of the day please consider sharing it with your friends.
Nine days out from election day Joe Biden has cancelled all public appearances to go away and hide in his basement which is probably a euphemism for Biden’s marbles scattering across the floor. It all got too much for Joe. Too many confused statements like his recent appearance when
In the late 1970s and early 80s, the music industry was in crisis: the major labels and artists were bloated, coke-addled dinosaurs headed for extinction. The punk explosion hit the music biz like an asteroid. Michael Jackson is credited with saving the major labels (gee, thanks). But it wasn’
Greens and coalition negotiations John Armstrong (1News): Don’t mistake Ardern’s talks with Green Party for kindness Richard Harman (Politik): Greens’ high stakes game carries a big risk Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Labour and the Greens: an inevitable embrace (paywalled) Phil Taylor (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern holds all the cards but
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Labour Party and new Labour Government Andrea Vance (Stuff): ‘Labour Connect’ the data analysis tool that boosted Jacinda Ardern’s campaign Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Time for Govt to take some risks (paywalled) Audrey Young (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on her big win and big plans (paywalled) Audrey
Stuff seems to think that there are 100 “mad” lizards in New Zealand 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.
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. In the fallout after New Zealand’s election on the weekend, political journalist Tova O’Brien interviewed one of the hapless losers, a smooth talker named Jami-Lee Ross. The interview has had nearly 11 million views on Twitter
Stuff seems to think that we all have more than one face so we will need “Faces masks” 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.
Clay Waters New York Times reporter at large Sarah Lyall has pivoted from mocking the Brexit movement and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to commiserating with U.S. Democrats in mortifying fashion, as they fear a replay of their 2016 Election Night nightmare: “For Democrats, Horror Never Ends – Replaying 2016
SHOCK: Facebook Declares War on the Babylon Bee On Tuesday, Facebook stood by its decision to demonetize the Christian satire site The Babylon Bee over a satire article regurgitating a witch joke from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Facebook claimed that the article “Senator Hirono Demands ACB Be Weighed
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