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When governments and other vested interests attack me personally I usually regard it as a vindication, otherwise they would use facts. That's why I believe in the wonderful Claud Cockburn dictum, 'Never believe anything until it is officially denied.' It has certainly been my experience.

— 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.

Putin is the only leader to condemn the rise of fascism in 21st-century Europe.

The problem with media-run "conversations" on gender is not merely the almost total absence of male participants, but the suppression of class.

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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