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Journalists can help people by telling the truth, or by as much truth as they can find, and acting not as agents of governments, of power, but of people. That is real journalism. The rest is specious and false.

— John Pilger

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During my lifetime, America has been constantly waging war against much of humanity: impoverished people mostly, in stricken places.

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The censorship is such on television in the US that films like mine don't stand a chance.

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.

Hidden Agendas (1998)

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