Showing posts with label Bob McCoskrie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bob McCoskrie. Show all posts
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Bob McCoskrie: Green Party goes from bad to worse
Labels: Benjamin Doyle, Bob McCoskrie, The Green PartyIf you thought standards of dress were declining in Parliament, wait until you see and hear the newest Member of Parliament. It had to be a Green MP eh
You’ve got to feel sorry for the Green Party. They’ve had it tough.
They had to get rid of Elizabeth Kerekere - which wasn’t really a loss – due to allegations of bullying.
Friday, October 4, 2024
Bob McCoskrie: Trump is the only option when the alternative is Kamala
Labels: Bob McCoskrie, Donald Trump, Kamala HarrisI will always put policy above personality – IF I can’t have both.
Let me repeat what I wrote in 2021 – January 2021, and explain why when the option is Kamala or Trump, there is only ONE option.
I’m not here to defend Trump’s at-times terrible tone, messaging, character and communication.
Saturday, August 31, 2024
Bob McCoskrie: 1News’ social media policy… good for some
Labels: 1News inspiring trust and being transparent, Bob McCoskrie1News’s social media moderation… for some but not others.
This week, TVNZ published information about how its newsroom operates, as it focuses – as it says – “on transparency and inspiring trust in news”.
Ooh – they’ve just realised that it matters. Trust and transparency.
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Bob McCroskrie: Even the left are getting sick of the left-wing media bias
Labels: Bob McCoskrie, Left wing media biasWe always knew that the mainstream media leans heavily left.
And that’s not an opinion. That’s a fact.
But what happens when even the left get sick of the left wing bias. It’s happening!
In NZ they have researched the political leanings of newsrooms via a Massey University Worlds of JournalismStudy published in 2022, and they found that
65% of journalists admitted that they leaned left in their political views, and just 12% leaned right.
And there has also been research on the coverage by the NZ media of some recent crucial social issues. Coverage should be balanced and close to 50/50.
During the cannabis debate in 2020, an analysis of all the media coverage found that 66% of the coverage leant in favour of a yes vote.
During the debate about a conversion therapy ban and despite concerns about freedom of expression & belief, and the criminalising of parents and pastors and professional counsellors, there was a 78% bias in support of the law
And when the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, the media manifested their opposition to the decision with an 82% bias against the decision.
Shocking.
And that’s why trust in the media is at an all time low.
Now please note that is not just my personal view as a social conservative. These are from random sample professional surveys.
It seems that even those on the side of the media – the left – are getting sick of the bias.
And that was on display for all to see last week.
In 2019, I actually attended a conference in Atlanta Georgia, so I popped down to check out the head office of CNN. As someone who has been heavily involved in the media, CNN was always held in high esteem – up until about 10 years ago.
Last week, left leaning host Stephen Colbert in front of a left leaning New York audience make a comment about CNN being balanced – or “objective” was the word I think he used – to a host of CNN, and the audience burst out laughing. It was very telling. Have a watch
Ouch. Remember this is a left wing host with a left wing audience with a left wing interviewee.
They almost laugh as to say – yeah we’re objective – ha ha ha ha. Sarcasm!
A couple of days later, in an interview with the same CNN host on the HBO show Real Time with Bill Maher,
Maher called himself a big supporter for CNN – but he also argued that many consider CNN extremely biased and he completely understands why.
“CNN is the place where both sides can watch, and I think my show is evidence of that. We have lawmakers on from both the parties. We’ll have Elizabeth Warren on one night and we’ll have Ted Cruz on another night. I think lawmakers from both parties should take questions, and you should push both of them,”
Well, that sounds nice in theory – but let me explain how that actually works. And it’s a case in New Zealandinvolving me as the token conservative.
During the same sex marriage debate back in 2013, I was invited onto 1 News Breakfast. My understanding was that it would be an interview with me. Just me v the interviewer. But for the last 18 years of doing this job, the interview is never balanced and definitely not tilted in our favour.
Not only do they bring in someone from the opposite side as another interviewee, but usually the interviewer is also against our position.
So the interview was with the breakfast host, who, of course, was certainly not on our side. But they also bought inpop psychologist Nigel Latta. Now in my view, he was deliberately positioned behind me so I couldn’t see what he was up to, but he was making faces and gestures when I was speaking. I didn’t realise this until after the interview.
But not only that. They timed the interview to the exact day when a pro same sex marriage campaign was launched by none other than the weather presentator on the breakfast show – Tamati Coffey who is gay.
And so leading into the interview, they did a puff piece. On this new campaign.
So that makes it the interviewer, one of the guests.
AND even the weather guy.
And me. The token conservative.
3 to 1. And they called it balance.
(Plus the famous people in the promo campaign.)
Have a watch of the first 2 minutes of the interview that followed the campaign advert. This is from 2013.
That sounded really fair eh
But not only were they 3:1 biased, but they were also promoting the website for the pro gay marriage website in the ribbon along the bottom.
Are you feeling sorry for me? No – don’t. These types of biased interview setups are typical of the mainstream media these days. They can’t win 1-1 so they have to stack the table.
But they claim that they’re balanced because they’ve had a stack debate with a token social conservative.
As Bill Maher said to the CNN host,
“When you look at the panel, it does look like tokenism…”
“They come across that way. In a moment like that. It was like 5 to 1..”
MSNBC make no excuse that they are rabid left wing.
But in NZ, 1News and Stuff and Radio NZ and the NZ Herald and the Newstalk ZB newsroom pretend to be balanced. But they’re not.
We all know that.
But even the left are getting sick of the left wing bias, it seems.
And that’s a good thing.
In fact, there was a study which has just been released in the US. The US Media Research Center study looked at all 2024 presidential campaign coverage on the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts from July 21, the day Biden exited the race through the next four weeks. 194 reports with a combined airtime of 437 minutes.
84% positive for Kamala
89% negative for Trump. So just 11% positive.
Shocking eh.
Now you know why trust in the media is at an all-time low and will continue to deteriorate.
Just to give you one more example, let me show you the Editorial from the Press (formerly the Christchurch Press) at the weekend. It’s truly one of the most biased pieces you will ever read.
Entitled “Now the race is really on”, let me quote some lines from it
๐โ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐, “๐ค๐๐๐๐”, ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐’๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ก, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง, ๐ก๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐ต๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐.
.. ๐คโ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ, ๐ ๐๐๐๐–๐ก๐๐ค๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐. * ๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐คโ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ , “๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐โ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐”, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ก ๐๐ก ๐กโ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ถโ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐, ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐.
..๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ , โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐โ๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฆ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ถโ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐. ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ “๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐” ๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐.
๐ป๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐–๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ธ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ โ๐๐ค๐๐๐ง, ๐กโ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ.
๐ต๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐ ๐คโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐, ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐โ๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ “๐ด๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐” ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ “๐พ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐?” ๐ด๐๐ โ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐? ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐คโ๐๐โ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐.
How truly embarrassing. Editorials are usually written by the senior journalists at a newspaper. It is quite evident that the newsroom at The Press is controlled by a bunch of activists, and you’ll be able to hear the sobbing and wailing in their newsroom from Auckland if Trump does win in November.
If you pay to read the Press, you may have no cents left.
And if you rely solely on the mainstream media for watching and reading the news, maybe its your head that needs reading.
Bob McCoskrie is the National Director of Family First New Zealand, he has a Masters of Commerce with Honours from the University of Auckland and a Diploma of Teaching from the Auckland College of Education. He posts regularly on McBlog - Where this article was sourced.
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Bob McCoskrie: Bob fails to help media with their wokeness
Labels: Bob McCoskrie, Darleen Tana, MisgenderingUh Oh - The Media have failed in their Darleen Wokeness
Last week I told you all about of Green MP Darleen Tana who the Greens are trying to remove from their party.
And I tried – I really did – I tried to help both the politicians and the media with their wokeness – but the misgendering has continued. And it’s not becoming real confusing. I’m hoping you can help clear things up for me
Sunday, August 25, 2024
Bob McCoskrie: Bob schools the media & politicians on personal pronouns
Labels: Bob McCoskrie, Darleen Tana, MisgenderingYou’ve probably all heard of disgraced Green MP Darleen Tana. Tana left the Green Party in July, when it received the findings of an independent investigation into her knowledge of migrant worker exploitation allegations at her husband’s bike shop.
But it’s not her treatment by the Green Party that should be causing significant emotional harm.
It’s actually the misgendering. The problem is trying to figure out who’s doing the misgendering.
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Bob McCoskrie: Human Rights Commission treds on new ‘terf’
Labels: Activist group, Bob McCoskrie, Human Rights CommissionLet me be quite clear from the outset – the Human Rights Commission is just an activist group that should be immediately defunded. But the Government has just appointed some new staff. And a bunfight has resulted.
If you want evidence of why you the taxpayer should not be funding activist groups like the Human Rights Commission – that’s the “human rights for people we like” commission – you only need to look at their recentpublication – 102 pages of pure bunkem that wasted a tree in printing. The Conversion Practices Insights Report
Sunday, August 18, 2024
Bob McCoskrie: Project 2025 – Why you’ll love it, but the media don’t
Labels: Bob McCoskrie, Project 25When I was in the United States recently there was a lot of discussion in the media around Project 2025.
In fact during my visit we actually visited the Heritage Foundation which produced Project 2025 and I even got my photo taken there.
The Heritage Foundation, formed in 1973, first produced policy plans for future Republican administrations in 1981, when Ronald Reagan was about to take office. It has produced similar documents in connection with subsequent presidential elections, including in 2016, when Trump won the presidency.
Sunday, August 11, 2024
Bob McCoskrie: Who is Tim Walz? (and why you should be worried)
Labels: Bob McCoskrie, Tim WalzKamala Harris has chosen radical Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate.
You’ve probably never heard of him. Neither have I.
But he could be the next vice-President alongside Kamala Harris as President. Could!
So you do need to get to know him – and what you learn should deeply trouble you.
So this was the announcement
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Bob McCoskrie: Who is Kamala Harris?
Labels: Bob McCoskrie, Kamala HarrisA couple of weeks ago, we profiled JD Vance, the running mate for Donald Trump.
A lot has happened since then – including the ‘retirement’ of President Biden (some call it a Democratic coup) and the exponential rise of vice president Kamala Harris who until about 5 minutes ago, the Democrats wanted nothing to do with. Amazing what a bit of glowing fawning media coverage will do.
Sunday, August 4, 2024
Bob McCoskrie: DEI is DIE-ing
Labels: Bob McCoskrie, Diversity - Equity - Inclusion (DEIHave you heard of DEI – it stands for Diversity Equity and Inclusion. The problem is that it’s anything but that.
But it is the new DEI-ty in town. That all must worship.
Bob McCoskrie: Netanyahu’s speech to Congress that you probably didn’t hear
Labels: Benjamin Netenyahu speech, Bob McCoskrieLast week I was in Washington DC and with all the shenanigans going on with Biden stepping down from the Democrat nomination and Kamala Harris becoming the heir apparent, there was also the visit from the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netenyahu. Netanyahu’s visit was his first since before former President Donald Trump left office in 2020, and he addressed a joint session of Congress last Wednesday afternoon. You deserve to hear all sides of this issue – not just what the mainstream media feeds you.
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Saturday, July 27, 2024
Bob McCoskrie: Who is JD Vance and is he a social conservative?
Labels: Bob McCoskrie, JD VanceWho is JD Vance
Ohio Senator JD Vance has been announced as the running mate for Donald Trump at the upcoming presidential election. He’s only been in the senate since 2022.
But this means he could be the next vice-president and replace possibly the worst vice president in history Kamala Harris. So who is JD Vance and is he a friend or foe of social conservatives.
Monday, July 22, 2024
Bob McCoskrie: “Human Rights” – just not yours
Labels: Bob McCoskrie, Conversion Therapy Law, Disinformation Project, Human Rights Commission, Treaty of WaitangiIf you want evidence of why you the taxpayer should not be funding activist groups like the Human Rights Commission you only need to look at their latest publication – 102 pages of pure bunkem that wasted a tree in printing. But it’s gonna be cold tonight – so it’s the perfect fire starter
Conversion Practices Insights Report has been released by the Human Rights Commission – that’s the human rights for people we like commission. The intro says:
Monday, July 8, 2024
Bob McCoskrie: The left are revolting…
Labels: Bob McCoskrie, The far-LeftAre the left starting to turn on themselves? Have they had enough of their own wokeness? Are the left revolting.
At the Forum last year I highlighted some examples of liberal people who were concerned at just where the culture was heading as it rejected Judao-Christian values and replaced it with critical theory, environmentalism, sexuality and gender theory – an anything goes culture. With doses of narcissism and hedonism. In other words it’s all about the self, a need for admiration, satisfaction of personal desires is the highest good, there is no absolute right and wrong, and a focus on sexual pleasure. Sound familiar.
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Bob McCoskrie: The pro-drug crowd’s own goal
Labels: Bob McCoskrie, End drug prohibition and legalise all drugs, Open LetterThe pro drugs crowd are back. They’ve been silently sulking for the past 4 years since losing the cannabis referendum despite significant support from the media – and it’s not that they’ve stopped sulking, but they’re just trying new things to try and suck in the public. But it’s the same crowd
According to a Newshub report – and interestingly it was only Newshub that reported this…
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Bob McCoskrie: Oranga Tamariki v parents who believe in biology
Labels: Bob McCoskrie, Oranga TamarikiOranga Tamariki has just signalled it’s ready to knock on family doors if they refuse to let their children change gender. While OT already has the power for children officially “in care”, it now says it can intervene in any family if it believes parental resistance to transitioning threatens the child’s “emotional wellbeing”.
Friday, April 26, 2024
Bob McCoskrie: Jacinda’s legacy – Increasing number of abortions
Labels: Bob McCoskrie, Latest abortion statisticsFour years ago, our politicians decriminalised abortion and introduced one of the most liberal and extreme laws in the world, effectively legalising abortion to 40 weeks with token safeguards.
And remember – the law was rammed through by our politicians in March 2020 while we as a nation were all preparing to go into lockdown for COVID in order to protect the most vulnerable amongst us. But our then-PM who had recently had her first child prioritised this liberalisation of abortion. It really seems a sick joke, doesn’t it.
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Bob McCoskrie: Vandalism is a ‘hate’ crime… sometimes
Labels: Bob McCoskrie, Chloe Swarbrick, Hate Crime, PM's office, Rainbow crossings, Smiley face, Te Papa, VandalismI want to tell you about four acts of vandalism and how the media and the cultural elites treated them.
Now please let me clarify from the outset – we campaign on a lot of things, but we don’t endorse vandalism. No matter how much we may agree or disagree with the protestors, our strategy has always been to inform, and to protest through official channels and promoting good legislation, and educating and empowering parents. That’s where we’re at. You may agree or disagree with that.
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Bob McCoskrie: No, I don’t trust the news either
Labels: Bob McCoskrie, Comments misrepresented, Donald Trump, MSM leans left, Winston PetersOn Sunday night as I drifted off to sleep, I set my alarm beside my bed and just caught the news bulletin on Sunday night. I was shocked to hear this report.
Now of course I could figure out that the reference to immigrants being hardened criminals was based on some of the people that were coming in illegally over the border and committing serious crimes including the recent horrific murder of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley.
But I was shocked. “If I don’t get elected, it’s gonna be a bloodbath.” Really?
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