Australian Politics Forum - Remembering John Pilger

wombatwoody Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3148 Wombat NSW	Remembering John Pilger Feb 25^th, 2024 at 6:51pm "A giant of journalism" https://www.rt.com/shows/whistleblowers/592624-remembering-john-pilger-work/
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 47276 Gender:	Re: Remembering John Pilger Reply #1 - Feb 25^th, 2024 at 7:09pm A good man and excellent journalist. They don't make them like him anymore.
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wombatwoody Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3148 Wombat NSW	Re: Remembering John Pilger Reply #2 - Feb 27^th, 2024 at 7:55pm What about when it shows Gareth Evans saying Pilger's work was sensationalism mixed with sanctimony! What a stooge he was!
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 47276 Gender:	Re: Remembering John Pilger Reply #3 - Feb 27^th, 2024 at 7:58pm You try to make Israel out like Nazi Germany, because you fear that they are not and are better than your Media-induced Fake Politics USA military culture and style (ranked 3rd in WW2 for war atrocities after Nazis and Soviets). And you expect us to take you seriously?
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Reply #4 - Feb 28^th, 2024 at 9:40pm

Jasin wrote on Feb 27^th, 2024 at 7:58pm:

You try to make Israel out like Nazi Germany,
because you fear that they are not and are better than your Media-induced Fake Politics USA military culture and style (ranked 3rd in WW2 for war atrocities after Nazis and Soviets).
And you expect us to take you seriously?

You don't know the real history of Nazism and the Bolsheviks.

But here's a start:

http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1652250085/233#233

And check out Behind Communism by Frank L.Britton.

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We are benefiting from ... the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, and the American struggle in Iraq.

Benjamin Netanyahu, quoted in Ma’ariv, 16 April 2008

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Reply #5 - Feb 28^th, 2024 at 11:59pm

You're holding onto the past as if it's just going to repeat itself.
I pity those who only get to watch 'repeats'.

Take Australia.
It's the first time Whities will experience the Southern Hemisphere and its not going to be like anything known as Southern Europe and it's 'history', up there in the Northern Hemisphere - that's for sure.

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Reply #6 - Feb 29^th, 2024 at 5:44pm

Jasin wrote on Feb 28^th, 2024 at 11:59pm:

You're holding onto the past as if it's just going to repeat itself.
I pity those who only get to watch 'repeats'.

Take Australia.
It's the first time Whities will experience the Southern Hemisphere and its not going to be like anything known as Southern Europe and it's 'history', up there in the Northern Hemisphere - that's for sure.

The history of it is important for understanding events in the present.

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We are benefiting from ... the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, and the American struggle in Iraq.

Benjamin Netanyahu, quoted in Ma’ariv, 16 April 2008

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Frank Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 43861 Gender:	Re: Remembering John Pilger Reply #7 - Feb 29^th, 2024 at 6:42pm Jasin wrote on Feb 25^th, 2024 at 7:09pm: A good man and excellent journalist. They don't make them like him anymore. Oh, they do. The guy has metastasised.
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Grappler Truth Teller Feller Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 83060 Proud pre-1850's NO Voter Gender:	Re: Remembering John Pilger Reply #8 - Feb 29^th, 2024 at 7:24pm I read where he joined in supporting Russian and Syrian government bombing of civilians, calling opposition to it 'supporting terrorists' (by bombing hospitals and killing staff etc) and an American conspiracy against Syria.... this while giving a speech in Russia... Adios, muchacho... hasta la vista....
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 47276 Gender:	Re: Remembering John Pilger Reply #9 - Feb 29^th, 2024 at 7:30pm Pilgar never really agreed with the USA's 'media' Politics. He stuck to the British politics as the true politics for the world. America's politics is a 'selfish' politics and does nothing for the world. Because of America - you have nations like China, Russia, Iran and N.Korea.
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Brian Ross Gold Member Offline Representative of me Posts: 40519	Re: Remembering John Pilger Reply #10 - Feb 29^th, 2024 at 9:20pm Quote: The verb ‘to pilgerise’ was invented by Auberon Waugh some decades ago. It means to distort in a tendentious way or to present information in a sensationalist manner to reach a foregone conclusion. [Source] The only modern Journalist to have a verb named after him. Tsk, tsk, tsk...
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Reply #11 - Mar 1^st, 2024 at 9:52am

Brian Ross wrote on Feb 29^th, 2024 at 9:20pm:

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The verb ‘to pilgerise’ was invented by Auberon Waugh some decades ago. It means to distort in a tendentious way or to present information in a sensationalist manner to reach a foregone conclusion.

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The only modern Journalist to have a verb named after him. Tsk, tsk, tsk... Roll Eyes

Not one to be proud of. Like the adjective Bbwianesque or adverb Bbwianesquely.

No journalist wants to be accused of pilgerising Bbwianesquely.
Instant professional ruin and lifetime ridicule.

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Estragon: I can’t go on like this.
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Brian Ross Gold Member Offline Representative of me Posts: 40519	Re: Remembering John Pilger Reply #12 - Mar 1^st, 2024 at 12:36pm
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wombatwoody Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3148 Wombat NSW	Re: Remembering John Pilger Reply #13 - Mar 6^th, 2024 at 10:57pm Brian Ross wrote on Feb 29^th, 2024 at 9:20pm: The verb ‘to pilgerise’ was invented by Auberon Waugh some decades ago. It means to distort in a tendentious way or to present information in a sensationalist manner to reach a foregone conclusion. So he was plagiarized by Evans.
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Re: Remembering John Pilger
Reply #14 - Mar 7^th, 2024 at 7:45am

wombatwoody wrote on Feb 29^th, 2024 at 5:44pm:

Jasin wrote on Feb 28^th, 2024 at 11:59pm:

You're holding onto the past as if it's just going to repeat itself.
I pity those who only get to watch 'repeats'.

Take Australia.
It's the first time Whities will experience the Southern Hemisphere and its not going to be like anything known as Southern Europe and it's 'history', up there in the Northern Hemisphere - that's for sure.

The history of it is important for understanding events in the present.

Learning from history so you don't repeat the mistakes of the past(in the present).

We don't seem to be doing that.

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