Wow – what a difference a COVID report makes which is allowed to examine both sides without being pilloried by the media, by the politicians, by the cultural elite. Suddenly the media are asking the right questions and thinking about both sides of the debate. Suddenly the politicians are starting to acknowledge the diversity of opinion and views on this issue, and that they were valid. But that still didn’t stop the then-Minister of COVID Response Chris Hipkins still telling some ‘porkies’ last week.

It depends on who’s speaking – and whether the legacy media and political left agree with them. We examine the reaction to TJ Perenara’s haka compared with Israel Folau’s personal social media post. There’s quite a contrast in the reaction from the cultural left.

Some businesses are waking up to their wokeness. Others – like Jaguar – aren’t. Apparently, the American “marketing guru” who masterminded Jaguar’s woke rebrand is Black Lives Matter-supporting Santino from New York, who has a Scottish husband. DEI 101. Don’t worry about building good cars. It’s all about helping the staff to change their sex and indoctrinating sexuality and gender in the letters of LGBTQIA and any others you want to add.

If you thought standards of dress were declining in Parliament (which they are), wait until you see and hear the newest Member of Parliament. It had to be a Green MP eh.
WARNING: This episode contains some offensive images. We advise discretion.

One of the key reasons Kamala Harris was defeated by Donald Trump wasn’t just because she was a terrible candidate, obsessed with killing the unborn child in the womb, but she promoted transgenderism – the false notion that you can choose and change your sex. And Americans weren’t buying it. Even Democrats are admitting that now. It’s NZ’s time to also vote down the harmful transgender ideology. But there’s a Minister (or two) in the way.

The media is turning on itself, and that was especially noticeable last week when Newstalk ZB’s Heather de Plessis-Allan – who used to be a reporter on 1News (!) – went ballistic about the bias of TVNZ’s coverage of the hikoi to Parliament. And she had a number of reasons for making that call. But it’s not the only news outlet that needs calling out.

While the NZ media continue their campaign for drugs and to legalise cannabis – yes, they’re still trying – we continue to see highly alarming outcomes from legalising cannabis in US states, including “spiralling addiction, psychotic illnesses and hospitals facing a deluge of poisonings”. We check out four recent studies.

The TVNZ taxpayer-funded documentary “Trans & Pregnant” was not only a celebration of biology and new life, but it probably affirmed what the producers never wanted you to realise. Biology always wins. Mothers and fathers matter.

In the recent US election, there were a number of state-specific ballots regarding abortion, cannabis and euthanasia. We look at the results because if you listened to the media, you would think that all these ballots would have succeeded with massive majorities. Guess what – they didn’t.

Last week wasn’t a good week for the news media. Trump won. The media were defeated – in perhaps a mortal blow to their trust and integrity. X (formerly Twitter) is now the news platform of choice, as the mainstream media worldwide disappears in a cloud of distrust.