The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
A journalist who doesn’t understand the difference between “know” and now. Sad. Just sad. If you enjoyed this BFD Stuff up of the day please consider sharing it with your friends.
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How a ‘Gonzo’ Press Gang Forged the Ned Kelly Legend
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
What is More Important? Your Health or The BFD?
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
Same Old, Same Old
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
The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
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Take a Lesson From Mark Wahlberg
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,
Information Warfare, Who Does it Better — Men or Women, Communists or Capitalists?
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
NZ Herald Appears to Have Memory-Holed This Article
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
The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
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.
Only Media Who Take State Funding Should Be Regulated
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
Daily News Roundup – 26 June 2020
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
The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
Pronunciation is important, spelling less so, apparently… If you enjoyed this BFD Stuff up of the day please consider sharing it with your friends.
Stop the Press!
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
Daily News Roundup – 25 June 2020
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
The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
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.