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Nicky Hager and Dirty Work: the author responds to his critics

Nicky Hager and Dirty Work: the author responds to his critics

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Toby Manhire speaks to Nicky Hager about his latest book 'Dirty Work', and the criticism he has received in the immediate aftermath of the book's release.

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After a flurry of speculation, Nicky Hager last night launched
Dirty Work: The Taxpayers’ Union and the New Zealand Hard Right,
which he called a sequel of sorts to The Hollow Men of 2006 and
Dirty Politics (2014).Hager did not approach those he wrote about
for comment, in keeping with what he called his “operational
approach, saying that books are “uniquely vulnerable” to tactics to
prevent publication. It did not take long, however, for those who
are featured in the book to challenge the veracity of its contents,
as well as the methodology. In an email to supporters last night,
the Taxpayers’ Union’s founder and executive director, Jordan
Williams, decried a "full frontal attack", charging that Hager had
“ignored the most basic principles of fair journalism: put serious
allegations to the people accused and give them a reasonable
opportunity to respond.” We speak to Hager about the book and the
case it makes, and seek his response to the rebuttals.At Large with
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