It’s not ideal when government inquiries and commissions are hi-jacked into PR for people with a cause. But this is the world we’re in now.
FACTS
Let’s have a look at all of the Facts and disect them one by one.
How does anyone ever fall for THAT?
Beware the story that's too good to be true
FACT member Byron reports from the DECULT conference, which brought together experts on cults and high control organisations, including many former members of cults.
How conspiracy theory groups trash real experts and create fake ones
How conspiracy theorists use front groups and pseudo-authorities
"Don't start with Satanic Ritual Abuse"
JAQ-ing off the wobbly middle
Would you like to take a trip to the Mirror World? Voices For Freedom outlet Reality Check Radio are offering to take us there when they interview white supremacist Michael Benz.
Perhaps Voices For Freedom realised that their decision to openly employ, feature and promote people associated with a more radical right-wing agenda than they had previously admitted to was a strategic error. By removing the archive as well as live links, they may be hoping their audience will forget the attempts to radicalise them, and return to the fold.
The Royal Commission into COVID19 lessons learned has called for submissions and they're due March 24th. You can submit too, and we think you should: it's really important for the commission to hear from you.
FACT Aotearoa is calling on Government Ministers including the Deputy Prime Minister who have appeared on Reality Check Radio to boycott the station.