Kerrie Davies UNSW Willa McDonald Macquarie University Washington Post publisher, Philip L. Graham, famously declared that journalism is the “first rough draft of history”. It’s also the first rough draft of inspiration for movies and books “based on a true story”. Since four Victorian journalists witnessed Ned Kelly’s
It seems that The BFD is a clear winner! It has been a while since we looked at the Alexa rankings for various sites in New Zealand. The last report was for the site traffic on whaleoil.co.nz but that is no longer with us and it takes a
Prof Worzel Once upon a time in an earlier more innocent age, it was a common ploy in sales and marketing circles to offer ‘more for less’. But in the post-corporate age where many are faced with the dilemma of, ‘What can I give the person with everything?’ Modern
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Back in my uni days, I studied a subject called “Crisis and Risk Communication”. Basically, it was all about how businesses and public figures should prepare for, and what to do, when the shit hit the fan. One of the more basic precepts we were taught was when in doubt,
Once upon a time warfare was mainly boots on the ground, powerful guns and blowing stuff up by cunning and strategy, but in comparison, information warfare is subtle. It is defined as “the manipulation of information trusted by a target without the target’s awareness so that the target will
An article written by Peter Jackson that was published by the NZ Herald on the 16th of June has been removed, and it has not been re-published by any other mainstream media outlet. It included comments by Ngapuhi leader David Rankin that turned the whole Black Lives Matters trend
Who had who? And how do you make contact with people that you have no contact with? Thank goodness it’s New Zealand’s best journalism! If you enjoyed this BFD Stuff up of the day please consider sharing it with your friends.
The Government is planning on a second media handout “Support package” before the election. Mainstream media, like businesses everywhere in New Zealand, have lost a huge amount of revenue. However, mainstream media, unlike every other small or large business, are being given government money to help make up for that
1News – Colmar Brunton Poll Jason Walls (Herald): National’s poll bump – It’s too early for leader Todd Muller to break out the bubbly (paywalled) Henry Cooke (Stuff): Todd Muller staunches the bleeding, but Jacinda Ardern remains well ahead Selwyn Manning (Evening Report): Election Campaign Looms: Is It Time For
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Chris Penk The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Stop the press! One of the sectors thrown into considerable chaos by the government’s coronavirus choices is the media. First, consider the difficulties that the Fourth Estate faced
Auckland light rail, coalition tensions Henry Cooke (Stuff): Phil Twyford, minister of embarrassing failures Audrey Young (Herald): Pressure on Transport Minister Phil Twyford over light rail being ditched (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): Political utu in the coalition Jason Walls (Herald): The Government’s handbrake: What else has New Zealand First
I bet that these people do not actually know that they spelt “drawer” wrong. The standard of journalism these days is positively Dissgrassfu…abissmil….hirrendou…..Bad! If you enjoyed this BFD Stuff up of the day please consider sharing it with your friends.
Redline rdln.wordpress.com A week ago JK Rowling tweeted that that biological sex is real. She took issue with an article that referred to “people who menstruate,” instead of “women”. She pointed out: “If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased.?.?. . I do not
