A muckraking foreign correspondent and documentarian, John Pilger trained his often righteous anger on injustices around the globe, like the Khmer Rouge’s genocide in Cambodia and human rights abuses in East Timor.
“I admired the force of his writing, even when I often didn’t support what he wrote, and he was always warm when we met.” So wrote John Simpson, the veteran BBC foreign affairs correspondent, on news of the death of the campaigning journalist John Pilger on December 30 at the age of 84.
“I admired the force of his writing, even when I often didn’t support what he wrote, and he was always warm when we met.” So wrote John Simpson, the veteran BBC foreign affairs correspondent, on news of the death of the campaigning journalist John Pilger on December 30 at the age of 84.
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