Imagine if a gang of neo-Nazi thugs were caught on camera brutally bashing a helpless black or Muslim girl. The media would recycle the footage on constant rotation for weeks. Waleed Aly would weep on The Panel every night for days. Pundits would spew out gigabytes of outrage. The
Now that the unraveling of the shambles that was the handling of COVID-19 is becoming apparent, there is also becoming apparent a number of personages who have suffered embarrassment as as a result of the fallout. There is no better place to start than at the top with the
Border failure Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Heads have to roll over border catastrophe, but whose head should it be? Michael Morrah (Newshub): Blame for COVID-19 quarantine, PPE fails lies squarely with Ministry of Health Jane Patterson (RNZ): Covid-19 border botch-up: ‘Next few days will be crucial’ Jane Clifton
So after all that effort on the part of the ‘Team of 5 Million’, we now have 3 new COVID-19 cases, with two of the cases having done a road trip from Auckland to Wellington, hugged people, attended a funeral and God knows what else. That has already resulted
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They even admit that they have stuffed up now… If you enjoyed this BFD Stuff up of the day please consider sharing it with your friends.
Border failure ODT Editorial: Defence must be tightened RNZ: Checkpoint: Covid-19: Isolation audit not enough to ensure safety – expert Shaun Hendy et al (The Conversation): 2 new COVID-19 cases in New Zealand, but elimination of community transmission still stands Heather Du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Ministry of Health
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From the BBC. It is not a spelling or editing error it is just utterly ridiculous! If you enjoyed this BFD Stuff up of the day please consider sharing it with your friends.
Wednesday 17 June 2020 News: Complaints about Maori exhibit not addressed for four years stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/300035413/complaints-about-mori-exhibit-not-addressed-for-four-years ‘They represent racism’ – MP Willie Jackson says conversation needed over statues tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/they-represent-
Think of a slice of media cake simply as a slice of cake. You taste it, you love it, you want to bake it but the wretched cook won’t part with the prized family recipe. You analyse the ingredients hoping to reproduce it. In the same way, media events
Health and Disability System Review, hospital stocktake Henry Cooke (Stuff): Health system overhaul would be a gigantic fight. Is the Government up for it? Ben Heather (Stuff): Why we should be sceptical about big health reform Richard Harman (Politik): Simpson splits up Bloomfield’s Ministry Cate Broughton (Stuff): One DHB
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Have you ever had a bad dose of the economy? No? Me neither. What about ECONOMY-19 ever heard of it? No? Me neither. Stuff seems to know something we don’t about the latest Coronavirus sweeping the nation and making our government sick. If you enjoyed this BFD Stuff
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The colourful history of National Business Review has finally ended after 50 years. It hung on a year longer than I predicted with sales at the end less than a tenth of its heyday, thus suffering the fate of all print media. Three decades back
