An elite group of less than a billion people now take more than 80 per cent of the world's wealth.
John PilgerWhenever a journalist says to me, "Oh, you don't understand, I'm impartial, I'm objective," I know what he's saying. I can decode it immediately. It means he channels the official truth. Almost always. That protestation means he speaks for a consensual view of the establishment. This is internalized.
John PilgerSecretive power loathes journalists who do their job: who push back screens, peer behind faรงades, lift rocks. Opprobrium from on high is their badge of honour.
John Pilger