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
Whenever a journalist says to me, "Oh, you don't understand, I'm impartial, I'm objective," I know what he's saying. I can decode it immediately. It means he channels the official truth. Almost always. That protestation means he speaks for a… — 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.… — 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. — 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… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
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.… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
