"Propaganda, the Press, Censorship..." PART 1/5

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August 07, 2007
Freedom Next Time: Filmmaker & Journalist John Pilger on Propaganda, the Press, Censorship and Resisting the American Empire

"Liberal Democracy is moving toward a form of corporate dictatorship. This is an historic shift, and the media must not be allowed to be its façade, but itself made into a popular, burning issue, and subjected to direct action," said John Pilger. "That great whistleblower Tom Paine warned that if the majority of the people were denied the truth and the ideas of truth, it was time to storm what he called the Bastille of words. That time is now." We spend the hour airing a recent lecture by the acclaimed Australian filmmaker and muckraker.


When Rupert Murdoch won his bid to take over Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal last week, the Australian media baron brought one of America's oldest, most respected and widely circulated newspapers into his vast media empire. Murdoch's News Corp media conglomerate owns more than 175 other newspapers as well as the Fox Television network, 21st Century Fox film studios, several satellite networks, MySpace.com, HarperCollins, and much more.

Besides amassing a media empire, Murdoch has repeatedly been accused of using his media holdings to advance his political agenda. In 2003, all of Murdoch's 175 newspapers supported the Iraq invasion. He spoke to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the lead-up to the invasion, some in Blair's inner circle even called him "the 24th member of the [Blair] Cabinet."

After the announcement of the five billion dollar sale, Murdoch told the New York Times that in order for the Wall Street Journal to remain editorially independent it needed to make healthy profits. Murdoch said, "The first road to freedom, is viability."

Well, one of Rupert Murdoch's fellow countrymen, an Australian who also resides in Britain, strongly disagrees. John Pilger--the eminent investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker--is a harsh critic of the corporate media. Pilger began his career in journalism close to half a century ago. He has made over 50 documentaries and is the author of numerous books, his most recent is titled "Freedom Next Time: Resisting the Empire."

Today, we spend the hour with John Pilger talking about journalism, war, propaganda, and silence.

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• humanities
• America
• News
• Journalism
• Propaganda
• Press
• Censorship
• Pilger
• Film
• Documentary

[cheeckybutnice]

this really should be getting more views , its funny how people use youtube to view silly things instead of immportant or knowledgable things

[Realizalize]

guess it is time to hang the flag the other way round and impeach bush, sign the petition at kucinich.

[mikemcgee]

no wonder fox is hording their classics of the 30 and the 40's worst than t.c.m And possibly hording the four devils both silent and talking reiissue and the version of sunny side up with preserve color seuquence,Ruper Murdoch Too greedy to explore the classic that need to be seen on fox movie channel and t.c.m . I bet the 70 mm version of fox movie tone follies of 29 is being horder too

[harrisandrew91]

good job..more powers!



[MrRyanc99]

press 7 repeatedly to heear the word "pud" in scouse

[Donsknotts]

third result from one be lo song lol

[xFTWCREWz]

Fake and gay!

[twintone01]

@cheeckybutnice That is no accident. 

[thegreatfearblog]

The uber zionist Murdoch ordered Blair to go to war, as payback for putting him up as the puppet prime minister for a while.

[arzoyan]

The perpetuation of the legalised robbery of the world working class in a politically manipulated , armed and policed market mechanism requires mass acceptance and intrnalisation of the psychology of the hostage to our destiny as if. The perpetuation of war,poverty,exploitation and denial of our true human creative cooperative possibillities is carried out by the education system,religious institutions,mass tv and media networks.

[1gainsayer]

Murdoch doesn't allow the real truth to be spoken on his so- called news stations.

[82Pumpkinfarms]

Faux News news source seems to be predominately "some people say". Well "some people say" must be a god, because he/she knows everything.