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John Pilger (born October 9 , 1939 ) is an Australia n Journalist and documentary filmmaker from Sydney , primarily based in London , UK . LIFE AND CAREER Pilger's career in journalism began in 1958 , and he has developed his reputation through both his reporting and the various books and documentary films that he has written or produced. He is best known in Britain for his investigative documentaries, particularly those on Cambodia and East Timor . He has acted as a War Correspondent during conflicts in Vietnam , Cambodia , Egypt , India , Bangladesh and Biafra . In all of his work, Pilger has been a prominent and fervent critic of Western foreign policy. He is particularly opposed to many aspects of American foreign policy which he regards as being driven by a largely Imperialist agenda. Those with "pro-American" sentiments have interpreted this as simple "anti-Americanism" on his part. Pilger is an example of the exodus of Australian intellectuals from Australia to Britain in the 1950s and 1960s which included Barry Humphries , Clive James and Germaine Greer . He has been subjected to much criticism, with has claimed that the reason why right-wing commentators have invented verbs such as 'to pilger' and 'pilgerize' is because, when faced with the uncomfortable facts about the consequences of U.S foreign policy which Pilger presents, 'ridicule' is the only response they are capable of.
Pilger has a son Sam (born in 1973) and a daughter Zoe (born in 1984). CRITISISM OF `MAINSTREAM' JOURNALISM Pilger is a strong critic of the institutions and economic forces that structure `mainstream' journalism. He is particularly scornful of pro-war commentators on the Liberal left, or 'liberal interventionists', such as Johann Hari and David Aaronovitch . WORKS Publications Pilger has written for the following publications:
He has also written for various French, Italian, Scandinavian, Canadian and Japanese newspapers and periodicals, among others, and has contributed to the BBC 's news service. Selected documentaries
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A LEXICON OF PILGERISMS John Pilger has a distinctive writing style and tends to use certain words and phrases frequently.
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