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orwell is our litmus test

What's wrong with journalism today?

Many journalists now are no more than channelers and echoers of what Orwell called the official truth. They simply cipher and transmit lies. It really grieves me that so many of my fellow journalists can be so manipulated that they become really what the French describe as functionaires, functionaries, not journalists.

John Pilger at The Progressive.

originally posted by daiichi

Posted by Adam on November 21, 2002 3:32 AM |

Comments

I prefer the term "stenographer to power."

Posted by: George | November 21, 2002 5:48 AM

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