Media
The MSM as We Know Them Should Go Away
Before the TV news all those years ago in Auckland, we had two main newspapers with highly qualified and well-paid editors whose job was to do a daily editorial on any subject of the day. Often both newspapers would editorialise the same subject. We would read the Herald‘s opinion
Why on Earth Wouldn’t They Go Armed?
In his autobiography, Chaim Witz (aka KISS star Gene Simmons) recalls how, during his childhood in Israel, his father always kept an Uzi on the kitchen table. His mother was one of only two of her family to survive the Holocaust. Both Witz parents were under no illusions about what
The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
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No, I Won’t Miss TVNZ’s Sunday Programme
Bob McCoskrie bobmccoskrie.com I have a confession to make. Despite the widespread wailing about the demise of TVNZ’s Sunday programme due to costs and restructures at the state broadcaster, I for one won’t miss it. For too long I have watched coverage of important social issues with
TV One Needs a Reboot
What should be done with TV One? In my view, the answer is an easy one. You have to look no further than across the ditch to Sky News Australia. In a country with a population of 25.69 million, 42 per cent, 11.1 million watch the channel during
The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
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ABC Omits Key Facts to Protect Its Pal
The leftist echo chamber continues to shill for its own. Just last week, The BFD reported that disgraced former Canberra top prosecutor Shane Drumgold is now teaching law students at Canberra University. Even more galling, the lawyer who was found by two inquiries to have withheld evidence, and knowingly lied
A British Media Cover Up
Steven Tucker Steven Tucker is a UK-based writer with over ten books to his name. His latest is Hitler’s and Stalin’s Misuse of Science, comparing the woke pseudoscience of today to the totalitarian pseudoscience of the past. mercatornet.com Scarlet Blake is a 26-year-old female British murderer who
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A Cut Above Them
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From the Desk of a Male Pale and Stale
Critics of “diversity, equity, and inclusion programs” (DEI) highlight that determining the realised value of DEI, of preferring staff according to their immutable characteristics e.g., race, sex, or gender, may be biased, complex, and context-dependent. Rarely acknowledged and almost never reported is that DEI initiatives can be costly, problematic,
The Power to Manufacture the Truth
Chris Trotter democracyproject.substack.com HISTORICAL PARALLELS between the impact of the printing press and the impact of the Internet are not new. Both inventions almost immediately began to undermine the command and control hierarchies of their respective societies. In the case of the printing press, the reimposition of elite
Why Should We Reward Failure?
Beginning journalism students are warned about the danger of becoming too sympathetic to their sources, thus colouring their objectivity. At worst, journalists are told, they may fall prey to “source capture”: privileging the interests of their sources and pushing a biased narrative. Especially when the source’s interest too-closely align