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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Since when does “an” come before a consonant, NZ Herald? If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience

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How to Fix the News Funding Model

Peter Thompson Associate Professor of Media Studies, Victoria University of Wellington The announcement last week that Newshub would be shut down was not the “canary in the coalmine” some suggested – it was the explosion. If it is not to be the first of many, then New Zealand needs a new

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One Rule for Him, One for Them

bobmccoskrie.com There have been some sports stories which the media have covered – but they’ve covered them in very different ways. It’s very clear that there’s one rule for some, and another rule for others – depending on who they agree with. TRANSCRIPT: There have been some sports

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What Media Bias Looks Like

What Media Bias Looks Like

lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com When news media took a pummeling last week at both TVNZ and TV3, a number of critics said part of the reason ratings are poor is the public don’t trust them. The public believes that the media is biased. The print media is similarly suspect. An

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Dying in the Dark? Oh Please!

Dying in the Dark? Oh Please!

As delightful as the demise of the media has been, there seems to be a narrative building, especially from those same media people who failed to read the room, that somehow democracy is dying in the dark because media companies are failing. It is as histrionic as it is false.

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

That’’s mighty small ammunition there NZ Herald. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable

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Film Commission Gives $800K to Documentary

Film Commission Gives $800K to Documentary

dailytelegraph.co.nz THE NEW ZEALAND FILM COMMISSION IS ALLOCATING $800,000 TOWARDS A DOCUMENTARY ON THE ‘LEADERSHIP’ OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN, AMIDST THE CONTEXT OF ‘RISING VIOLENT EXTREMISM’ AND ONLINE HATE IN NEW ZEALAND. According to a report in state news outlet RNZ, the documentary is not

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Hey Stuff – the word is ‘bach’. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here

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Ignore Your Audience: Go Broke

The latest shocking blow comes in the news that Warner Bros Discovery plans to shut down Newshub, a rebranded version of what most of us grew up knowing as “3 News” – leaving our country with just one English-language TV news team, and none that aren’t owned by the state.

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Seven lines make all the difference to us. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable

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Goodbye Truth to All Men

Goodbye Truth to All Men

The British capital London seems to be the model for Frankfurt after Mayor Sadiq Khan had Ramadan festival lighting installed in Piccadilly Circus last year. If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Which singer’s what, Stuff? If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here to

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Stuff Staff Stuff-up

Stuff Staff Stuff-up

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com A weekend Stuff website item read “Police seeks man considered very dangerous”. Under that heading was a photo of the fugitive with the caption, “Bryce Studd-Proctor was wanted by Police”. “Was”? – Presumably, contrary to the heading he was no longer wanted. This practise is not

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

“Cull cost” Stuff?  Maybe you shouldn’t have culled your proofreaders. If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading

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