Dirty Politics - Overall conclusion

Nicky Hager basically set the scene in the book by saying that the reason why Slater has been able to executive these stings on his enemies is quite simply because of the low standards within NZ newsrooms.  Instead of reading the book cover to cover and focusing on the poor reporting, the corruption, Cameron Slater's outright lies, they just focused on the dirty tactics MPs have used, and honestly, there's actually no story there.

The real story is that Cameron Slater lies, manipulates, deceives and if he doesn't like you, you'd better watch out because he will go after you.

Despite the High Court ruling today, based on the book, Cameron Slater is not a journalist, he's not even a blogger, putting it nicely he's a spin doctor and PR expert.  A true journalist doesn't lie.  A true journalist actually researches the issue.  A true journalist cares about what's happening and the fact of the matter is, Slater doesn't care about anyone other than Cameron Slater.  In that regard he is as bad as Kim Dot Com, whom he says he has dirt on which he will reveal before the election.

The sad part is, as Nicky Hager says, the issues with NZ's media won't change because they simply don't care enough and those who do care are shut out of it, yet a destructive person like Slater is encouraged by the likes of Paddy Gower, whom he is close friends with.