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    John Pilger RIP

    Highly critical of US foreign policy over the years and others

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    Excellent journalist. RIP.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NYCBlue View Post
    Excellent journalist. RIP.
    I am sure he did a return to the killing fields ?

    Heavy stuff

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    Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
    I am sure he did a return to the killing fields ?

    Heavy stuff
    Pilgers film 'Palestine is still an issue' is 20 years old and still relevant.

    Fantastic journalist.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jordi Culé View Post
    Pilgers film 'Palestine is still an issue' is 20 years old and still relevant.

    Fantastic journalist.
    Yes he stood his ground on that one

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    Remember watching the one on Cambodia when I was a teenager, made massive impact. Broke the mould making challenging and thought provoking documentaries. RIP

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    Who was the bloke in saigon as the helicopter was taking away the Yanks fleeing from the Vietnamese?

    Nicholson ?

    He was a reporter not a pilger type journalist but I admired those guys too

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    Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
    Who was the bloke in saigon as the helicopter was taking away the Yanks fleeing from the Vietnamese?

    Nicholson ?

    He was a reporter not a pilger type journalist but I admired those guys too
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Nicholson

    Another good guy

    In the balkans conflict rescued a kid whose family were killed and smuggled her to uk , pretending she was his daughter

    Eventually adopted her

    Some of the places he has reported from bloody hell

    Poor sod retired and died on holiday on a cruise

    All that stress and bang goodnight

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    https://johnpilger.com/videos/stealing-a-nation

    This is the piece that I remember mostly when i think of John Pilger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cityhammer View Post
    https://johnpilger.com/videos/stealing-a-nation

    This is the piece that I remember mostly when i think of John Pilger.
    The special relationship between Britain and America

    In this case expelling innocent people from their homes to build a huge yank airforce base that they in return will use to protect the world

    But only if it benefits America

    There's a fella I know who is from Rwanda , a friend of a friend , lives in Barry now

    Fled here during the genocide , he's incredibly well read and says America is far more dangerous than Russia or China

    Pilger was a great man and I am surprised he wasn't assassinated by CIA

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    A less than flattering article about Pilger:

    https://capx.co/john-pilger-was-a-ch...d-a-fraudster/

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    Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
    Who was the bloke in saigon as the helicopter was taking away the Yanks fleeing from the Vietnamese?

    Nicholson ?

    He was a reporter not a pilger type journalist but I admired those guys too
    That could have been Max Hastings, he was pulled onto a helicopter and was the last civilian out. He was also the first Brit to enter Port Stanley in the Falklands war, beating the army.

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    Very sad news indeed. Along with Director Dave Munroe, he brought the tragedy of Cambodia to our screens. If not for him the tragedy of Pol pot and the Khmer rouge 4 years in power may have not been fully known. Superb journalist.
    I recommend Year Zero- Silent death of Cambodia and the follow up Documentaries including Betrayal.
    Spedger

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    Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie View Post
    A less than flattering article about Pilger:

    https://capx.co/john-pilger-was-a-ch...d-a-fraudster/
    I didn't always agree with Pilger but it's a bit rich that Kamm is accusing Pilger of of being less than ethical and skewered by left-wing politics in his reporting, while Kamm himself has a very tarnished reputation in supporting some of the most abhorrent foreign policies of both the UK government (Blair) and Israel's right-wing corrupt regime.

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    They don't make em like this guy anymore.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie View Post
    A less than flattering article about Pilger:

    https://capx.co/john-pilger-was-a-ch...d-a-fraudster/
    More than a hint of jealousy and bitterness in that diatribe

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    Quote Originally Posted by cantonboy View Post
    That could have been Max Hastings, he was pulled onto a helicopter and was the last civilian out. He was also the first Brit to enter Port Stanley in the Falklands war, beating the army.
    Nicholson was outside of the embassy as the helicopter was taking off I think

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sloop_Jon_Bee View Post
    Very sad news indeed. Along with Director Dave Munroe, he brought the tragedy of Cambodia to our screens. If not for him the tragedy of Pol pot and the Khmer rouge 4 years in power may have not been fully known. Superb journalist.
    I recommend Year Zero- Silent death of Cambodia and the follow up Documentaries including Betrayal.
    Spedger
    Cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by cantonboy View Post
    That could have been Max Hastings, he was pulled onto a helicopter and was the last civilian out. He was also the first Brit to enter Port Stanley in the Falklands war, beating the army.
    Oh dear a Tory, sludge won't be best pleased.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AfricanBluebird View Post
    I didn't always agree with Pilger but it's a bit rich that Kamm is accusing Pilger of of being less than ethical and skewered by left-wing politics in his reporting, while Kamm himself has a very tarnished reputation in supporting some of the most abhorrent foreign policies of both the UK government (Blair) and Israel's right-wing corrupt regime.

    Oh good Blair is back controlling Labour central office along with Maddy, here we go again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie View Post
    A less than flattering article about Pilger:

    https://capx.co/john-pilger-was-a-ch...d-a-fraudster/
    Yes interesting article

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    RIP Gonzalo Lira
    Another excellent journalist murdered by Biden and Zelensky

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