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Andrew Dickens: My thoughts on the new Post editor
There are a lot of people who think the media are a left-wing lobby group.
And they think Stuff is one of the leftiest of them all.
So, explain to me why Stuff has just appointed Mathew Hooton as their new editor, apparently after he was shoulder tapped by Sinead Boucher.
Yesterday the Post reported this about their new editor.
"Hooton's CV includes being a Young Nat, a press secretary in the Bolger Government, a strategist for National during the Don Brash years ... an adviser for ACT, a strategic consultant for iwi, banks, most corporate sectors, government departments, and the ultra-rich -…
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