For your entertainment and education I have taken the time to compare and contrast how various news outlets reported on his speech. I was amused to see how differently his speech was described. It was as if the media outlets watched completely different speeches. Just look at how they described
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If Australia’s rugby bosses thought they had successfully got rid of Israel Folau, they’ve had another thing coming. Not only has Izzy hit back big time with a massive lawsuit, but it looks like he’ll be back, playing Test rugby very soon. Tongan officials have armed themselves
Press Release: National Party Around a hundred people, some in tractors and even a helicopter, showed up in Ruawai to protest the Government’s attack on rural communities on Saturday, National’s Rural Communities Spokesperson and Northland MP Matt King says. “At one of the busiest times of the year
Letter to the Editor is a new section of The BFD. I invite readers to submit their thoughts on issues that they feel strongly about. You can take a position for or against an issue, simply inform, or do both. Around 300-400 words is ideal but I will consider
Jacinda Ardern has kicked off an 11-day overseas trip rejecting claims she’s leaving behind a mess in New Zealand. Ms Ardern touched down in Japan for her first visit as Prime Minister where she accidentally called the country ‘China’. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video
The latest GDP figures are due out at any moment, and are expected to show that growth has slipped to about 2.1% per annum, down from over 3% a year ago. While not disastrous in itself, this is part of a worrying trend. The world situation, while volatile, is
The government has overhauled its temporary migrant worker visa scheme. If you cast your mind back 2 years, Labour and NZ First both campaigned on significantly reducing immigration, from around 70,000 migrants a year down to about 30,000. NZ First actually went further and wanted to reduce immigration
On Mike Hosking’s show on Tuesday, Jacinda didn’t answer a single question. She still seems hellbent on delaying and obfuscating as much as possible. Grant Robertson denies everything. It is a total brick wall. But why are they doing this? Wasn’t a Newshub poll last week, where
It is a rhetorical question, because you all know the answer. Either the baby is wheeled out, or there is a puff piece on Jacinda Ardern. I waited for a baby pic on Friday, but this week has been so bad for the government, and for Jacinda in particular, that
Sheila Gunn Reid of TheRebel.media reports: Earlier this year Justin Trudeau announced a 650 million dollar bailout package to mainstream media companies. The handouts are going to be administered by a panel of journalists hand-selected by Liberals and then divvied out amongst media companies who have no idea
Over at Kiwiblog, David Farrar has written a succinct account about what it would take to believe that Jacinda Ardern did not know about the alleged sexual assault carried out by a member of her most trusted staff, and the list really does make it hard to believe that Jacinda
