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Buzzfeed shuts down news arm

The media outlet is laying off 15% of its workforce and claims it can’t afford news, the group's CEO has announced. Digital media empire Buzzfeed...

The Economist names bloodiest war of 2022

The outlet identified the conflict in Ethiopia, which saw more than half a million lose their lives, as the deadliest. The bloodiest conflict in the...

Fox News settles election fraud case with $800m payout

The conservative outlet agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems almost $800 million. Fox News has reached a settlement of almost $800 million with Dominion Voting...

Canadian state media quits Twitter over ‘government-funded media’ label

The CBC has objected to Elon Musk’s ‘government-funded media’ designation. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) announced on Monday that it is “pausing” its activity on...

RNZ threatens to leave Twitter after being slapped with ‘Government-funded media’ label

Megan Whelan, RNZ's Head of Content, claimed the state-funded broadcaster had an 'independent' editorial policy. Whelan made the threat to leave the Twitter yesterday afternoon. In...

NYT busted for spreading Snowden fake news, then ‘stealth-editing’

Two false claims about NSA leaker Edward Snowden escaped fact-checking until Glenn Greenwald exposed them. The New York Times has been accused of stealth-editing a...

Bryce Edwards: The need to take disinformation seriously

Political deception is as old as politics itself. There have always been political actors who have attempted to twist and manipulate information. Sometimes this includes...

‘Disinformation Project’ researcher mass blocks Twitter users

Dr. Sanjana Hattotuwa has appeared on television and in print legacy media discussing misinformation / disinformation. Mulitple Twitter users have noticed Hattotuwa has blocked them...

NZ Herald hitpiece on Chantelle Baker – ‘Dumbest piece of fake news today’

Foreign-owned and government subsidised news outlet NZ Herald mocked for basic errors and grifting. A 'hitpiece' on independent journalist Chantelle Baker in this morning's NZ...

TVNZ chief executive resigns

Simon Power informed staff of his resignation today by email. The former National MP for Rangitikei joined the state propaganda unit from Westpac just over...

Jack Tame and Mava Moayyed are the latest ‘TV couple’

The presenters for state televsion station TVNZ have been dating for a year. Tame is well-known to New Zealand audiences fronting TVNZ's Q+A and Newstalk...

Kremlin comments on arrest of WSJ correspondent Evan Gershkovich

Russia’s FSB caught Evan Gershkovich “red-handed,” Putin’s spokesman has claimed. Wall Street Journal (WSJ) correspondent Evan Gershkovich was caught “red-handed” trying to obtain Russian state...

TodayFM – MediaWorks statement

Radio station TodayFM abruptly taken off air this morning as hosts Tova O'Brien and Duncan Garner told to play music. 'We're scared. We're optimistic, and...

Posie Parker MSM ‘neo-Nazis’ were just a group of friends there ‘for fun’

Thomas Richards, a Scottish-Ethiopian comedian/actor wrote a lengthy substack explaining his presence at the rally. State-subsidised news outlet NZHerald reported last night on the presence...

Bryce Edwards: The Ugly stoking of a culture war in election year

This weekend saw a showdown between two tribes of contemporary gender politics: those in favour of progressing transgender rights versus women wishing to defend...

Guy Hatchard: The New Zealand Press leads the way to nowhere

An article in the Herald today rated New Zealand as the best place on the planet to survive an apocalypse. Given the standard of press coverage here,...

Western state media form safe space

Broadcasters launched Public Spaces Incubator to foster ‘fact-based communication’ free of hate and propaganda. Public broadcasters from Canada, Switzerland, Belgium, and Germany have launched a...

BBC apologises for guest’s claim about J.K. Rowling

The broadcaster said its host should have done more to confront a guest who accused the Harry Potter author of transphobia. The BBC has apologised...

Listen: Hipkins on the Mike Hosking Breakfast show

It was the first time in two years a New Zealand Prime Minister had spoken on the popular radio show.

Guy Hatchard: Dragging mainstream media back to the real world step by step

Yesterday the NZ Herald, our most read legacy media newspaper, published an article “Australian woman reveals heartbreak as ‘loving’ husband sucked into conspiracies”. The article...

The Grim Future of Establishment Journalism

When the failures of legacy journalism during the pandemic period are analysed, as may eventually happen, the concentration will probably be on the failure...

Watch: TVNZ’s Breakfast hosts shoot Donald Trump doll with salt gun

The doll didn't stand a chance at short range. Breakfast hosts have come under fire for a stunt on this morning's show where they took...

Moscow rubbishes ‘fantasy’ NYT reports on parcel bombs

Russia has dismissed allegations that the country’s intelligence was behind a string of parcel bomb attacks in Spain. The Russian embassy in Spain has rubbished...

BBC accused of ‘gaslighting UK public’ over excess death reporting

Double-jabbed tech millionaire-turned anti-mRNA campaigner Steve Kirsch accused the British state-controlled broadcaster of gaslighting the UK public. Kirsch called out a BBC report from 10...

India accuses BBC of ‘colonial mindset’

The British state broadcaster aired a documentary that appears to link Prime Minister Narendra Modi with rioting that killed thousands. The Indian Foreign Ministry has...

BBC issues apology as sex noises interrupt football broadcast

Football host Gary Lineker stated that the BBC studio had been ‘sabotaged’. UK broadcaster the BBC says it is investigating the circumstances surrounding a mobile...

Watch: Accusations Greta Thunberg arrest staged for media

Thunberg was reportedly arrested in eastern Germany on Tuesday while protesting at a coal mine. DTNZ reported of the arrest earlier today, with a short...

Reporter sues major US network over vaccine mandate sacking

Allison Williams is taking action against ESPN, accusing the network of violating her religious beliefs. US sports network ESPN is being sued by former reporter...

Two ABC news producers ‘die suddenly’ in the same week

Legacy US mainstream media outlet reeling from the unexpected deaths of two young staffers. 37 year old Dax Tejera died of a heart attack on...

Watch: Top 10 MSM lies of 2022

Independent journalist Kim Iversen lists the top 10 lies of MSM for the year 2022. Iverson admits she had trouble limiting the number to 10,...

The Ardern Government is throwing money at the media and the fake science brigade in the belief the public will swallow anything no matter...

It is surprising what tripe you read in the newspapers, more surprising—the government is funding it. Te Punaha Matatini hosts the government’s Disinformation Project, which...

The ‘Twitter Files’ and the Death of Legacy Media

Legacy media's days are numbered, according to former senior New York Times journalist Bari Weiss. Weiss was recently interviewed by Russell Brand, the former actor...

How About Equal Time for The Truth?

Mark Twain said: “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.” Ironically, he didn’t. The quotation...

Pioneering US Journalist Barbara Walters Dead at 93

Barbara Walters was a pioneering journalist who interviewed some of the most powerful, influential, and controversial figures in the world, including Fidel Castro, Saddam...

Disinformation, Censorship, and Information Warfare in the 21st Century

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear...

Is hypnotism the key to our woes? According to the BBC that could be a possibility

When I was 20, I went to a hypnotist in Auckland, New Zealand, to try to give up smoking. The hypnotist was an old guy,...

Liz Gunn calls Stuff.co.nz ‘a very dark and evil media organisation’ over proposed Baby W article

Stuff.co.nz journalist Tony Wall contacted Gunn to seek her views on alleged connections between the Baby W blood transfusion case and the recent Queensland...

Steve Kirsch challenges Sean Plunket to $1 million bet

Prominent mRNA critic Steve Kirsch rang into Sean Plunket's show on the Platform this morning. Kirsch, a man who made his fortune in the US...

Newshub fake news ‘anti-vax grandpa’ story complaint upheld

The Media Council has upheld a complaint against state-subsidized legacy media outlet Newshub for spreading fake news about an 'anti-vax grandpa'. A Newshub story with...

Watch: Aussie journalist says new documents show NZ media and government lied over visa denial

Avi Yemini explained new documents released in the case. In August Yemini was blocked from entering New Zealand. The journalist was told this was because...

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