Journalists don't sit down and think, "I'm now going to speak for the establishment." Of course not. But they internalize a whole set of assumptions, and one of the most potent assumptions is that the world should be seen in… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
“Many journalists now are no more than channelers and echoers of what George Orwell called the 'official truth'. They simply cipher and transmit lies. It really grieves me that so many of my fellow journalists can be so manipulated that they become really what the French describe as 'functionaires', functionaries, not journalists. Many journalists become very defensive when you suggest… — John Pilger Copy Share
Israel is the American watchdog in the Middle East, and that's why the Palestinians remain victims of one of the longest military occupations. — John Pilger Copy Share Image
In the sublime days before 11 September 2001, when the powerful were routinely attacking and terrorising the weak, and those dying were black or… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
Certainly, until there is justice for the Palestinians, there will never be any kind of stability in the Middle East. — John Pilger Copy Share Image
Bill Clinton persuaded some people that he was really a civilized character and his Administration had the best interests of humanity at heart. These… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
Israel is the American watchdog in the Middle East, and that's why the Palestinians remain victims of one of the longest military occupations. They… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
The censorship is such on television in the U.S. that films like mine don't stand a chance. — John Pilger Copy Share Image
Since September 11, the Mirror has reached back to its roots, and decided, it seems, to be something of its old self again. I received a call asking if I would write for it again, which I've done. It's a pleasure to be able to do that. It's become an important antidote to a media that is, most of it,… — John Pilger Copy Share
Private Manning is the world's pre-eminent prisoner of conscience, having remained true to the Nuremberg principle that every soldier has the right to 'a… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
The Mirror has become an important antidote to a media that is, most of it, supportive of the establishment, some of it quite rabidly… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
In Western Australia, minerals are being dug up from Aboriginal land and shipped to China for a profit of a billion dollars a week. In this, the richest, 'booming' state, the prisons bulge with stricken Aboriginal people, including juveniles whose mothers stand at the prison gates, pleading for their release. The incarceration of black Australians here is eight times that… — John Pilger Copy Share
