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Released: The Most Explosive New Zealand Investigative Documentary in recent times is launched

Episode One Red Carpet Event in Auckland this Sunday September 3. Press Release - Billy Te Kahika After a year’s work and filming 1800 minutes of...

MSM climate change content was government paid ‘propaganda’

Minister Megan Woods acknowledged in questioning that the government had paid money in exchange for mass media editorial content on 'climate change'. The story broke...

Guy Hatchard: If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is a duck

The UK Daily Mail leads today with a story about the heart attack suffered by Bronny James on the basketball court. According to two UK doctors described...

Guy Hatchard: Something is happening, but what? RNZ wants us to fantasize about it

On Saturday, the UK Daily Express headlined a story “Experts call for urgent investigation as excess deaths spark ‘dangerous’ theories". UK excess deaths in 2023 have...

Google testing journalism AI – NYT

The tech giant’s AI chatbot Bard is already notorious for serving up false information as factual. Google is testing an AI-powered journalism product and pitching...

How to create a fake news cycle

Despite the best efforts of the mainstream media to pillory him as an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is having a moment. A...

Legacy media outlets ‘colluded’ to pull pro-women’s rights ad

The ad was pulled at 'the 11th hour', having previously been approved, says spokesman for Family First NZ  CEO, Bob McCroskie. An advertisement for the...

Unreliable narrators strike again—RNZ on the attack

A group of Scottish medicos are calling for the reintroduction of mask wearing in mid-summer. They’re worried, but why? After three and half years and...

20% of Ukrainian weapons destroyed in just two weeks – New York Times

Kiev’s Western-supplied tanks and armored vehicles “all burned,” one soldier told the newspaper. The Ukrainian military lost 20% of the equipment it sent to the...

Watch: Just Stop Oil protesters gate crash BBC Proms

Environmental demonstrators blared air horns and set off confetti cannons on the stage of a concert in London. Activists disrupted a concert put on by...

South Africa calls out Reuters’ air-raid ‘misinformation’

Sirens reportedly blared as a delegation from Pretoria arrived in Kiev, but a spokesman for President Ramaphosa claimed everything was peaceful. South African presidential spokesman...

Tucker Carlson’s first independent show is a new challenge to the establishment

The former Fox host is as outspoken as ever, and even if his remarks are a bit out there at times, he is opening...

‘The only thing we have to fear is fear itself’, and of course government propaganda

At the height of the fear and panic about possible pandemic outcomes, there is no doubt people acted under a fight or flight psychology. Anyone familiar with...

Prince Harry in UK tabloid case: UK journalism, government at ‘rock bottom’

Prince Harry's appearance on the witness stand marks the first time in over 132 years that a senior member of the British royal family...

A proposal that would make us the Hermit Kingdom of the South Pacific

The Dept of Internal Affairs is proposing a new regulator of online content who can censor and penalise according to ill defined/subjective criteria. It's...

Watch: How ‘The Guardian’ UK went from being a ‘beacon of independent journalism’ to controlled opposition

The UK's Guardian newspaper was once considered a 'beacon of independent journalism'. It was the first mainstream media outlet in the world to publish Wikileaks...

Study of data from 1.5 million subjects in the US healthcare system reveals increased risk of blindness over two years following mRNA vaccination

Fortunately many people are waking up to a multi-billion dollar web of self-interest promoted by our government, the health establishment, the pharmaceutical/biotech industry and...

Tech billionaire to buy Forbes – media

Austin Russell will reportedly acquire a majority stake in the business publication for some $800 million. Austin Russell, a 28-year-old automotive tech billionaire, will buy...

Dominion Voting Systems pressed on role in Tucker Carlson firing

Texas Governor Greg Abbott wants the company to address the journalist’s claim that Fox fired him on its behalf. Texas Governor Greg Abbott called on...

WaPo deletes ‘treason’ quotes from Zelensky interview

Zelensky reacted angrily when confronted about his own intelligence agents’ supposed “dealings” with Russia’s Wagner Group. The Washington Post has cut a large segment from...

Tucker Carlson forced off air by Fox contract – NYT

The former primetime host cannot appear on TV before 2025 under his employment terms. Recently-fired Fox News host Tucker Carlson may be sidelined from television...

Vice Media to file for bankruptcy – NYT

The outlet is has struggled in the years since it secured major investments from media giants like Disney and Fox. Vice Media is preparing to...

BBC boss steps down over incriminating report

An inquiry revealed Richard Sharp’s failure to disclose that he provided financial advice to ex-PM Boris Johnson prior to his appointment. The chairman of UK...

Watch: Tucker Carlson shreds US media

America’s corporate press is paving the way to a “one-party state,” the conservative pundit warns. Tucker Carlson has released a video tearing into American news...

What’s really behind the frequency of climate change articles?

Why is no one talking about the obvious? The UN slipped up by letting us know that the world temperatures did NOT increase last year,...

Western media suddenly hates Twitter’s ‘government-funded’ labels

Establishment outlets were perfectly fine with the social media scarlet letter when it was handed to their “undesirable” counterparts. Recently, some media outlets have quit...

Anchor Don Lemon terminated by CNN after 17 years on network

CNN has terminated its contract with anchor Don Lemon, the anchor said in a Twitter post on Monday, adding that he is 'stunned' by...

Fox News parts ways with Tucker Carlson

The Rupert Murdoch-owned network has announced the immediate departure of the star host. Fox News announced on Monday that the network and its prime-time anchor...

Spanish-American War of 1898: The first ‘Fake News’ conflict

On April 21, 1898 the Spanish-American War started, eventually leading to the decline of Spanish colonial rule in the western Pacific and Latin America,...

Twitter drops ‘state-affiliated’ labels

Accounts for outlets such as the BBC, Global Times, and RT are no longer labeled as government-funded media. Twitter has removed ‘state-affiliated’ and ‘government-funded’ labels...

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...

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