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John Richard Pilger was born on 9 October 1939 [12] [13] in Bondi, New South Wales, [7] the son of Claude and Elsie Pilger. His older brother, Graham (1932–2017), was a disabled rights activist who later advised the government of Gough Whitlam. [14]
The Guardian television reviewer John Crace states that, "Pilger has never traded in anything other than black and white," and "Pilger's starting point is that all governments are shysters whose only interest is economic and all journalists are witless dupes," which, "had the feel of slight overkill," but "For all his lack of subtlety, he ...
2 January – The morning's edition of BBC Radio 4's Today is guest edited by musician PJ Harvey, with items includes a Thought for the Day from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and a segment in which John Pilger criticises US President Barack Obama for not closing the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
The grand bargain was an attempted political compromise during the 2011 budget debates in the United States Congress.Lawmakers were under pressure to pass a budget before automatic spending cuts known as sequestration took effect on August 4, 2011.
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Pilger alleges that President Jimmy Carter authorised a five-hundred-million dollar programme to help set up the native Afghan mujahideen, starting as early as six months prior to the Soviet invasion into Afghanistan.
In December 2002, eighteen months after the site's creation, Australian journalist John Pilger described Media Lens as "becoming indispensable". [24] In a New Internationalist interview in 2010, Pilger said Media Lens "has broken new ground with the first informed and literate analysis and criticism of the liberal media". [37]
9 Litany of Pilger's opinions. 8 comments. 10 Added context. 1 comment. 11 Need other sources. 1 comment. 12 Pilger's friendship with Charlie Perkins. 4 comments.