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Thursday, November 28, 2024

Bob McCoskrie: Green Party goes from bad to worse


If 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


I 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


1News’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


We 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

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘, “๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘”, ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘‰๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’’๐‘  ๐ท๐‘’๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก, ๐‘‡๐‘–๐‘š ๐‘Š๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ง, ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‡๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ต๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘› โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ.

.. ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘‰๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ, ๐‘ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™–๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐ด๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›, ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’๐’› ๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ. * ๐ผ๐‘› ๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘ฆ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ , “๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ”, ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐ต๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘‚๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ท๐‘’๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜, ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’๐’› ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’†๐’…๐’๐’•๐’†.

..๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ต๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐ป๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ , โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘“๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‡๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‰๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘”๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐’๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’–๐’๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’˜๐’‚๐’“ ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†๐’”.

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐ป๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘œ, ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’”๐’‰๐’† ๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’Œ๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’” ๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’…๐’”. ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘‡๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘› “๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›” ๐‘–๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘š ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘.

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘น๐’†๐’‘๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’—๐’†๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’—๐’–๐’๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’“ ๐’”๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’‚๐’„๐’๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’–๐’๐’•–๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’†, ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’๐’š ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’…๐’–๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ป๐’“๐’–๐’Ž๐’‘ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‡๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’š. ๐ธ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘๐‘–๐‘ง, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ท๐‘’๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ.

๐ต๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘“, ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘”๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐’”๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’๐’… ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ป๐’“๐’–๐’Ž๐’‘๐’Š๐’”๐’Ž ๐’Š๐’•๐’”๐’†๐’๐’‡, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’…๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’…๐’†๐’„๐’†๐’‘๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’† “๐‘ด๐’‚๐’Œ๐’† ๐‘จ๐’Ž๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’‚ ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’• ๐‘จ๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’Š๐’” ๐’Ž๐’๐’—๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•.

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘‡๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” “๐‘พ๐’‰๐’š ๐’…๐’ ๐‘จ๐’Ž๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’” ๐’Œ๐’†๐’†๐’‘๐’‡๐’‚๐’๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Ž?” ๐ด๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘? ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘˜ ๐‘–๐‘“ ๐‘‡๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘๐‘™๐‘’, ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐พ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”.

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


Uh 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


You’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’


Let 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


When 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)


Kamala 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?


A 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


Have 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


Last 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?


Who 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


If 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…


Are 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


The 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


Oranga 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


Four 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


I 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


On 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?