2026-09-23 23:44 UTC
"Investigative journalist Nicky Hager has launched a new election-season book alleging the Taxpayers’ Union and an interconnected group of right-wing campaigners have helped shift New Zealand politics to the right."
#GlennMcConnell, #EmmaRicketts, 2026
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361036953/dirty-work-what-nicky-hager-says-and-how-his-latest-book-captivated-capital
That's not what he's alleging. To anyone who's been paying attention, that's self-evident. What's he is alleging, is that they've done it on utterly scurrilous ways, lying through their teeth to the public throughout.
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@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz 2026-09-24 00:37
Midweek MediaWatch this week covered the chorus of journalists opining on Nicky Hager's methods; https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch/2026/midweek-hagerpalooza-preppers-delight-seymour-on-report If your goal as an investigate journalist is to expose the corrupt practices of powerful and totally unprincipled people, you have to work defensively. Lazy hacks working in comfortable corporate media jobs have never been in that situation. Because they see their role as both-sides-ing everything. Which works very nicely for people running influence operations. #NewsMedia