1.0John Pilgerhttps://johnpilger.comJohn Pilgerhttps://johnpilger.com/profile/johnpilger/HOLD THE FRONT PAGE. THE REPORTERS ARE MISSING - John Pilgerrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="dMphJdehxB"><a href="https://johnpilger.com/2018/09/20/hold-the-front-page-the-reporters-are-missing/">HOLD THE FRONT PAGE. THE REPORTERS ARE MISSING</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://johnpilger.com/2018/09/20/hold-the-front-page-the-reporters-are-missing/embed/#?secret=dMphJdehxB" width="600" height="338" title="“HOLD THE FRONT PAGE. THE REPORTERS ARE MISSING” — John Pilger" data-secret="dMphJdehxB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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In his foreword to a powerful new book by David Edwards and David Cromwell, the founders and editors of Media Lens, Propaganda Blitz, John Pilger asks what happened to an age of eyewitness reporting and to journalism that relied on evidence.