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Oh Dear, How Sad, Never Mind

Oh Dear, How Sad, Never Mind

How is this news? Almost everyone has known for decades that this is where traditional media are heading. It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone but it appears to be a surprise to the New Zealand media, who have had their heads wedged firmly up their own fundaments for

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Who dominated who? 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 browse our

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Who Would Believe a ‘Fact Checker’?

Who Would Believe a ‘Fact Checker’?

Does anyone still believe “fact-checkers”, any more? Let me rephrase that… does anyone apart from the diminishing clique of numpties who still read mainstream media still believe “fact-checkers”, any more? Certainly not the British Medical Journal, which took issue when Facebook labelled one of its stories “false information”. It was,

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Media Need to Ask the Right Questions

Media Need to Ask the Right Questions

Caleb Anderson First published on NZCPR Mr Peters’ recent frustration with the media is understandable. After a series of inane questions from the usual left-wing attack dogs he simply instructed them to “stop asking stupid questions” and then walked away. And indeed their questions were stupid. Amidst what might be

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Is There a Violin Tiny Enough?

Is There a Violin Tiny Enough?

As Clarence Darrow so famously said, there are some obituaries I read with great pleasure. Corporate media is on life support. Driven to cut costs by sagging ad revenues and waning appetite for propaganda, layoffs and ‘restructurings’ are happening all over. There isn’t a violin tiny enough for this

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

What a downer. 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 browse our

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Will Woolworths Only Sell the Maori Flag?

Will Woolworths Only Sell the Maori Flag?

It is a given that Woolworths New Zealand will probably sell only the Maori flag on Waitangi Day. Its back peddling was furious in its need to save the incredibly damaged Woolworth’s/Countdown image. These woke-controlled corporations should have learned by now not to follow the idiotic beliefs or

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Auckland Council job ad on Seek. 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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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Nonsense from Newshub. 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 browse our

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Framing Israel

Melanie Phillips Melanie Phillips is a British journalist, broadcaster and author whose weekly column currently appears in The Times of London. melaniephillips.substack.com 14 November 2023 This morning, I appeared on TalkTV to discuss the anti-Israel demonstrations in London, particularly those that took place this last Saturday. You can

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AI: The Prometheus of Our Time

AI: The Prometheus of Our Time

Randolph Grace University of Canterbury Future historians may well regard 2023 as a landmark in the advent of artificial intelligence (AI). But whether that future will prove utopian, apocalyptic or somewhere in between is anyone’s guess. In February, ChatGPT set the record as the fastest app to reach 100

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

A triple whammy of stuff-ups with this article: the vehicle was sought, not “sough”, 12:30 pm is in the afternoon, not the morning (I guess they mean 12:30 am) and, finally, the reporter now believes theyre part of the Police investigation! Must be the Royal we. If you

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Reporter Gets Emotional over Treatment of Hostages

Reporter Gets Emotional over Treatment of Hostages

Nicholas Fondacaro Nick grew up in East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania. He graduated from Binghamton University in 2013 with a degree in Political Science. While at Binghamton he served as the Speaker of the Student Assembly and wrote for the Binghamton Review, where his love for journalism started. After graduating, he interned

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How to Gift Someone a BFD Membership This Christmas

We have GREAT news. For many years readers have asked us for the ability to give a BFD membership as a present but we didn’t have the technology to do it. This Christmas we finally have what you have all been asking for. Gifting Our new system allows us

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You Asked For It and Now It Is Possible

You Asked For It and Now It Is Possible

We have GREAT news. For many years readers have asked us for the ability to give a BFD membership as a present but we didn’t have the technology to do it. This Christmas we finally have what you have all been asking for. Gifting Our new system allows us

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Did they receive the letter, or did they (as reported) NOT receive the letter? It’s pretty clear they did receive the letter of expectations. 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

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