John Pilger - Journalists Quotes

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It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and the myths that surround it

John Pilger

It was all too easy for journalists to see Vietnam as a war, rather than a country.

John Pilger

We journalists... have to be brave enough to defy those who seek our collusion in selling their latest bloody adventure in someone else's country... That means always challenging the official story, however patriotic that story may appear, however seductive and insidious it is. For propaganda relies on us in the media to aim its deceptions not at a far away country but at you at home... In this age of endless imperial war, the lives of countless men, women and children depend on the truth or their blood is on us... Those whose job it is to keep the record straight ought to be the voice of people, not power.

John Pilger

Secretive power loathes journalists who do their job: who push back screens, peer behind façades, lift rocks. Opprobrium from on high is their badge of honour.

John Pilger