Kim comes 98th out of 100

The annual Readers Digest Most Trusted list has been released, and whilst sportspeople dominate the top end, it should come as no surprise that politicians are well down the list.

But the company that they keep there is interesting; the Dom-Post reports:

The usual suspects took out the most-distrusted spots once again, with Hone Harawira the bottom of the list, joined by Kim Dotcom (98) and Winston Peters (97). Dotcom's low position and election donations seemed to rub off on John Banks, ranked this year at 99.
Wellington businessman and philanthropist Gareth Morgan, at 81 this year, was jokingly miffed to have come behind Prime Minister John Key (80). "It comes and goes. I think I've been as high as No 20 or something before." 

It will be interesting to see whether a copy of the list is tabled as an exhibit at Kim Dotcom's extradition hearing, whenever that finally takes place. Being ranked as being slightly more trustworthy than John Banks but slightly less trustworthy than Winston Peters will be a blow to the Large German Gentleman's not-inconsiderable ego.

And Peter Dunne can probably count himself lucky that this survey was taken prior to his fall from grace. The again, he may well have enhanced his image with "those" e-mails!