[kj] [OT] John Pilger: Obama is a corporate marketing creation

[Brendan]

I'll look into what his critics say about him cos that's something I
haven't done, if you have anything to substantiate your comments hit me,
I've only read a couple of his books and some articles, some telly debates
in Aussie etc. I rate him, not for his leftie politics, but because he
seems good at cutting through propaganda.




> Honorary degrees are about popularity, not ability. He's received as much

> criticism as he has praise; his reputation and status are not universal,

> and he isn't quite so respected outside of his fanbase.

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> And Mr Waugh is correct; Pilger's style and content are just like he says.

> So much of his readership already knows what the point of any selected

> work is, and often look to his books or articles as confirmation, rather

> than enlightenment.

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> Variations of Chomsky's comment can be found uttered in schoolyards acorss

> the world, any day of the week. Anyone who criticizes Pilger's work is

> doing so because they're jealous and wish they could write that well.

> Genius. I hope Chomsky didn't win any awards for that old chestnut.

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> Jim.

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> --- On Thu, 27/8/09, Brendan <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:

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> From: Brendan <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>

> Subject: Re: [kj] [OT] John Pilger: Obama is a corporate marketing

> creation

> To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"

> <gathering at misera.net>

> Date: Thursday, 27 August, 2009, 6:48 AM

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> Pilger has a ton of honourary degrees and awards for his investigative

> journalism, if you read one of his books such as The New Rulers of the

> World you'll see why. Highly recommended. His style does run to polemic,

> but IMO it's hard not to when talking about cynical manipulators and power

> mongers who use such eloquent and effective PR to cover up atrocities. I

> think the same could be said for Noam Chomsky and Robert Fisk, who always

> come to mind when I think of Pilger. i.e. the cream of the crop in that

> field.

>

> The wiki article on him has the following to say on that topic:

>

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pilger

>

> The humorous writer Auberon Waugh, writing in The Spectator in the 1970s

> in response to an article Pilger had written alleging Thai complicity in

> child trafficking, coined the verb "to pilger", to present information in

> a sensationalist manner to reach a foregone conclusion

>

> Noam Chomsky has expressed the view that pilger and pilgerise were

> "invented by journalists furious about his incisive and courageous

> reporting, and knowing that the only response they are capable of is

> ridicule."[19]

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>> If he's not a conspiracy theorist, he's doing a solid impersonation of

>> one.... ;)

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>> "Veddy inte'desteeng.."

>>   Sad but true**.  It's good he said it; any regular person saying

>> it

>> would be labeled a "conspiracy theorist." 

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>> **not that anyone is

>>     gonna turn back now.

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>> [looking at the current state of things..]

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>> 'Save me...

>>   save me from Tomorrow..

>>     I don't want to sail in this Ship Of Fools...'  

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>> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the <gathering at misera.net>

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