John Pilger

“The major western democracies are moving towards corporatism. That's the real monster. That's the real threat.”

“All over the world, the media is becoming a monologue.”

“The unseen enemy is always the most potent.”

“What is presented as 'balance' in the media is often a specious neutrality that serves the status quo.”

“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.”

“Many journalists now are no more than channelers and echoers of what Orwell called the 'official truth'.”

“Official truths are often powerful illusions.”

“The job of a journalist is to go where the silence is.”

“Real journalism is about holding power accountable.”

“The term 'war on terror' is a euphemism for a war of conquest.”

“The aim of modern propaganda is no longer to misinform but to exhaust, to create a climate of apathy.”

“The censorship is in our heads. It’s the self-censorship.”

“A people's history is a history of resistance.”

“There's a huge gap between what the world is really like and what we're told it's like.”

“If those who support aggressive war had seen a fraction of what I've seen, if they'd watched children scream for their mothers, they would not be so bloody eloquent.”