Mlungu watha, Observer inanena kuti mawu akuti 'ogwirizana tidzapambana' ndizomwe zikuchitika paziwonetsero za Israeli 'zambiri zankhani zapa TV ndi makanema'. Raviv Drucker, m'modzi mwa atolankhani ofufuza ku Israel, adati:
'Nthawi zambiri, atolankhani aku Israeli amalembedwa ku cholinga chachikulu chopambana nkhondo, kapena zomwe zikuwoneka ngati kuyesa kupambana nkhondoyo ...
'Kudodometsa [kwa 7 October] kunali koopsa kwambiri, ndipo kupwetekedwa mtima kumakhala kovuta kwambiri moti atolankhani akuwona udindo wawo tsopano, kapena gawo la udindo wawo, kuti athandize boma kuti ligonjetse nkhondo. Ndipo gawo lina likuwonetsa pang'ono momwe ndingathere kuzunzika ku Gaza, ndikuchepetsa kudzudzula gulu lankhondo.
Izi zimatchedwa bwino odana-utolankhani, njira zokopa zomwe zimaletsa ngakhale mfundo zofunika kwambiri.
Chifukwa chake, Anat Saragusti, wotsogolera ufulu wa atolankhani ku Israeli's Union of Journalists komanso m'modzi mwa atolankhani ochepa aku Israeli omwe adanenapo kuchokera ku Gaza mopanda usilikali pankhondo zam'mbuyomu, adati:
'Amaphimba ma Palestine pokhapokha muchitetezo. Inu simumawona konse akazi, opanda ana. Mzimu ndikuti onse ndi Hamas. Ndikudziwa kuti sikophweka, koma ndikuganiza kuti ofalitsa nkhani sakuchita ntchito yawo.’
Anthu aku Israeli, ndiye, sakuwona zithunzi za ana ang'onoang'ono, akunjenjemera omwe ali ndi mabala owopsa m'mutu, amayi ovulala akunyamula ana awo akufa - zomwe zakhala zikuvutitsa ena onse pa TV kwa miyezi itatu.
Mu mphindi yodzidzimutsa modabwitsa, Observer adawonjezera kuti:
'Pulezidenti wa US Joe Biden anachenjeza Israeli atangotha 7 October kuti asabwereze zolakwika za America pa nkhondo zake zobwezera ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan. Akanachenjezanso za zophophonya za atolankhani amene anakonza njira ya mikangano imeneyo.’
Chimodzi mwa 'zolephera za atolankhani omwe adakonza njira' mu Observer, Guardian, ndi kwina kulikonse, chinali kufotokoza nkhondo ya 2003 ya mwayi wamafuta ku Iraq ngati 'nkhondo yobwezera' kapena 'nkhondo yapadziko lonse'. chitetezo'.
Mpaka lero, odana ndi atolankhani aku Britain ndi US sangathe kukambirana zamwano kuti asitikali aku US-UK adaphulitsa njira kuti makampani amafuta aku US-UK ngati BP ndi Exxon achite. bizinesi yayikulu ku Iraq pamtengo wa miyoyo ya aku Iraq opitilira miliyoni imodzi. Chifukwa chiyani? Chifukwa, monga ku Israeli, 'atolankhani akuwona udindo wawo tsopano ... kuthandiza boma kuti lipambane pankhondo'.
Ulamuliro wapadziko lonse wotsutsana ndi utolankhaniwu ndi njira yolondola yowunikira utolankhani wosowa, wowona wa John Pilger, yemwe adamwalira pa 30 Disembala, ndi kuyankha kwa otsutsa amakampani omwe amamunyoza.
‘Kupezanso Ulemu Waluso Lathu’
Potsutsana ndendende ndi momwe 'atolankhani' aku Israeli tsopano akukwirira chowonadi cha kuphana kwa boma ku Gaza, Pilger. analemba mu 2006:
'Potenganso ulemu wa luso lathu, osatchulanso chowonadi, ife atolankhani tikuyenera kumvetsetsa ntchito yakale yomwe tapatsidwa - ndiko kuti, kulengeza za anthu ena onse malinga ndi phindu lake, kapena ayi, "ife", komanso kufewetsa anthu chifukwa choukira mayiko omwe sali owopsa kwa ife.'
Kodi ndizovuta kumvetsetsa kuti ofalitsa opambana pankhondo amawona kutayidwa kwa atolankhani enieni ngati Pilger ndi gawo lalikulu la ntchito yawo? Sabata ino, Declassified UK inanena:
'Mafayilo omwe sanatchulidwe posachedwa akuwonetsa momwe boma la UK lidayang'anira mobisa mtolankhani waku Australia John Pilger, ndipo lidafuna kumunyoza polimbikitsa omwe amalumikizana ndi atolankhani kuti amuwukire m'manyuzipepala.'
Taganizirani kuti, mu 2005, Pilger adanena za Blair ndi Iraq:
'Povotera Blair, mudzayenda pamwamba pa mitembo ya 100,000 [pamapeto pake, kupitilira miliyoni imodzi] anthu, ambiri a iwo anali akazi ndi ana osalakwa ndi okalamba, ophedwa ndi magulu ankhanza otumizidwa ndi Blair ndi Bush, mosapsa mtima ndi osamvera malamulo a mayiko, ku dziko lopanda chitetezo.’ ( Pilger, ‘Povotera Blair, mudzayenda pa mitembo ya anthu osachepera 100,000,' New Statesman, 25 April 2005)
Mwachilengedwe, anti-journalism imadziwika kuti ndi "mapiko akumanzere komanso tsankho lodana ndi America" lomwe "lidatsimikizira zambiri" zomwe Pilger adanena, monga The Times. akuyang'ana m'mau ake.
M'malo mwake, palibe 'choopsa', 'anti-American' kapena 'mapiko akumanzere' otsutsa kupha anthu wamba kuti apeze phindu.
Nyuzipepala ya The Times inanena za kuyesayesa kwa Orwellian kuti asinthe dzina la Pilger kukhala verebu:
'... kwa Pilger, Pilgerise, kapena Pilgered. Anafotokozedwa kuti: “Kupereka chidziŵitso m’njira yokhutiritsa kufikira chidziŵitso chodziŵiratu; kugwiritsa ntchito mawu okhudza mtima kuti afotokoze mfundo zabodza za ndale; kusamalira nkhaniyo mokhudzidwa mtima mosaganizira mowolowa manja tsatanetsatane wovuta; kapena kupereka chiweruzo chodzitukumula pa malo olakwika.”’
Mlandu womveka bwino wamalingaliro amalingaliro sungathe kuganiziridwa kuchokera m'nyuzipepala yomwe yachita zonsezi ndi zina zambiri polimbikitsa nkhondo zachiwawa za Kumadzulo. Ngakhale zonse zomwe The Times idanena zinali zoona, mfundo yoti Pilger anali wolondola kutsutsana ndi milandu yambiri yankhondo ndipo The Times sinali yolakwika koma yogwirizana powachirikiza, imapangitsa kutsutsa kwawo kukhala kopanda pake.
Nyuzipepala ya Times inapitiriza kunena kuti Pilger "njira yodetsa nkhaŵa" ikuphatikizapo "kuyang'ana mikangano yapadziko lonse kudzera mu anti-American prism" kumusiya iye "wonyenga wa kum'mawa kwa bloc ndipo, pambuyo pake, ulamuliro wa Putin".
Palibe tsankho lomwe limafunikira kuti muwone zakupha zomwe zidachitika ndi ufumu waku America ku Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Gaza ndi Ukraine. Pilger sanalinso wonyenga wa Putin kuposa momwe analili 'anti-American'. Iye analemba mu 2022:
'Kuwukira kwa Russia ku Ukraine ndikwachabechabe komanso kopanda chifukwa. Ndi mlandu kulanda dziko lodziimira. Palibe "buts" - kupatula mmodzi.
'Kodi nkhondo yapano ku Ukraine idayamba liti ndipo adayambitsa ndani? Malinga ndi bungwe la United Nations, pakati pa 2014 ndi chaka chino, anthu pafupifupi 14,000 aphedwa pa nkhondo yapachiweniweni ya Kiev pa Donbass. Zambiri mwa zigawengazo zidachitidwa ndi achipani cha Nazi.'
Zoonadi, 'koma' kunali kusakhulupirika kwa anti-journalism, koma ili linali funso lomveka lomwe linadzutsidwa ndi magwero ambiri odalirika monga Jeffrey Sachs, John Mearsheimer, Alastair Crooke ndi ena ambiri.
‘Cholinga Palibe Wina Amene Angachione’
Oliver Kamm, yemwe kale anali wolemba wamkulu wa The Times, adapita patsogolo mu blog ya CapX kusindikizidwanso mu Telegraph: 'Pilger sanali mtolankhani wofufuza konse', "adapanga malingaliro ake kuti agwirizane ndi malo ake". Iye ‘anagwira ntchito mophatikizira kuzemba, kusokeretsa ndi fakery kwa zaka zambiri’. Kamm anadandaula 'kufooka kwa luso lake lachidziwitso cha pafupifupi phunziro lililonse'.
Kubwerera kudziko lenileni, a Bill Haggerty, yemwe kale anali Mkonzi Wothandizira pa Mirror, analemba kuti:
'Inali nthawi yomwe ophunzira achichepere akukonzekera ntchito yosindikiza utolankhani ankafuna kukhala John Pilger - ngakhale atsikana ....
Sindinayambe ndagwirapo ntchito ndi aliyense amene anafika pafupi ndi moto, mkwiyo ndi mphamvu zofotokozera zomwe Pilger anagwiritsa ntchito popereka lipoti kuchokera ku Vietnam, Cambodia ndi malo ena otentha a The Daily Mirror.' news, 15 November 2004, The Independent)
Izi ziyenera kutsindika - palibe wina aliyense amene anayandikira. Schopenhauer adawona:
‘Talente imafika pa chandamale chimene palibe amene angachipeze; Genius amamenya chandamale chomwe palibe wina aliyense angachiwone.'
Kwa zaka makumi atatu, takhala tikuyesera kuwona cholinga cha Pilger chikugunda mosalekeza. Kodi zolemba zake zinasiyana bwanji ndi mawu olimbikitsa komanso opatsa mpweya? Yankho lina ndiloti ntchito ya Pilger inaposa luntha louma la anthu otsutsa maphunziro. Iye analemba ndi kulondola kwawo ndi kuzindikira kwawo, koma ndi gawo lowonjezera la chilakolako, kutengeka ndi chikondi chaumwini. Zolemba zake zimayaka ndi ukali wokhazikika, osati mu udani wopanda nzeru wa 'anti-American', koma mosiyana kwambiri: chikondi chozama cha anthu wamba omwe amachitiridwa zinyalala ndi amphamvu. Pilger adasamaladi, zopanda chilungamo zidamuzunza, ndipo ndi chifundo ichi chomwe chimaperekedwa kwa owerenga ndi owonera m'nkhani iliyonse, buku, kanema komanso maimelo ambiri omwe adatitumizira zaka makumi awiri. Chochititsa chidwi n’chakuti, kuŵerenga ndi kuonerera Pilger kumatithandiza kudziona kuti ndife olemekezeka chifukwa amatikumbutsa mmene tingasamalire komanso mmene timaganizira. do chisamaliro. Uthenga womaliza womwe anatitumizira pa 15 November, masabata asanu ndi limodzi asanamwalire, ukunena za a posachedwapa chenjezo pa media:
‘Wokondedwa Davide
'Zabwino kwambiri kumva kuchokera kwa inu, monga kale (ndikuthokoza chifukwa cha chidutswa cha BBC chomwe sindinachiwone); Ndili pachiwopsezo changa chachikulu pamene chiyembekezo changa chimandikumbutsa momwe ndadalitsidwira; chowonadi ndili pa "ulendo", monga pafupifupi aliyense akunena tsopano, ndipo nthawi zina ndimamva ngati ndikudikirira basi. Ndikupita patsogolo pamapepala, ndipo ndimatha kuyenda popanda mlonda wonditeteza pachigongono changa. Koma zimafuna kutsimikiza mtima komwe ndikudziwa kuti ndili nako, koma ndimakonda kutumiza sabata lamoyo wonse.
'Chigawo chabwino, mzanga. Ndi zolengedwa ziti zomwe Welby ndi ena onse ali…
'zabwino zonse
'John' (Imelo kwa David Edwards, 15 Novembara 2023)
Pilger watitumizira zabwino zotere, zomwe nthawi zambiri sizingatchulidwe, mobwerezabwereza, chaka ndi chaka. M'dziko lomenyera ufulu wakumanzere - lomwe limakhala lopikisana kwambiri komanso lodzikuza kuposa momwe tingaganizire - palibe wina yemwe adachitapo kanthu motalikirana ndi zofanana. Pilger uja anatitumizira uthenga womaliza wa chilimbikitso panthaŵi imene anali kudwala mwakayakaya zikupereka lingaliro la kuwolowa manja kwake kosatha. Onaninso, chisangalalo komanso chisangalalo chisangalalo cha moyo ngakhale mu uthenga wotsirizawu wotumizidwa pa nthawi yovuta. Chikondi cha Pilger cholemba, chosewera mawu, chothandizira anthu ena, chinachokera ku chikondi chakuya cha moyo.
Zonena za Kamm kuti Pilger anali 'wopanda nthabwala' ndizodziwika bwino. Chowonjezera chomwe sitinatchule - zokometsera zomwe zidamuthandiza kugunda chandamale chomwe palibe wina aliyense angachiwone - chinali nthabwala yosamveka bwino, yanthabwala yomwe imayang'ana pa 'matumba amphepo' ambiri omwe amakonda kutsitsa. Anatitumizira imelo za mtolankhani wotchuka wa BBC Jeremy Bowen wa ku Middle East:
'Zaka zingapo zapitazo, [Bowen] anandiitana kuti nditenge nawo mbali pa BBC yapadera yokhudza olemba nkhani za nkhondo, ndipo tinakhala ola losangalatsa kapena "kukambirana". Ngakhale zinali zoonekeratu kuti nkhani za derring-do zikadakondedwa, ndinadzutsa nkhani yosavomerezeka kuti BBC inali yowonjezereka komanso liwu la dongosolo lokhazikitsidwa ku Britain ndipo lipoti lake la Middle East ndi kwina limasonyeza nzeru zomwe zilipo - molemekezeka. zosiyana nthawi ndi nthawi. Chopereka changa chinachotsedwa pa pulogalamuyo. Ndinatumizira Bowen imelo ndipo patapita nthawi ndinalandira yankho losasangalatsa kuti panalibe "nthawi kapena malo" mufilimuyi - chinachake chosadabwitsa ngati chimenecho. Kuletsa mwa kusiya ndi muyezo, ngati chizolowezi chosaneneka.’ (Email to David Edwards, 18 April 2008)
Kamm adadandaulanso kuti: 'pamene adayankhula zambiri za mphamvu ya chinenero, sankadziwa zambiri za izo'.
Apanso, izi sizingakhale zolakwika kwambiri. Pilger anali ndi luso lachilendo lojambula chowonadi cha munthu, lingaliro, kapena nkhani modabwitsa. Mu izi chiganizo chosakwatiwa, chanzeru chomwe adachigwira ndikutulutsa nthano yotamandidwa kwambiri ya BBC 'objectivity':
'Nthaŵi zonse ndakuona kukhala koseketsa, koseketsa, kuti anthu ambiri mu BBC amadziona ngati aloŵa mu Nirvana ya zinthu zooneka bwino, monga ngati kuti kulinganiza kwawo ndi kupanda tsankhu kwaperekedwa kwa iwo modutsa m'mitsempha.'
Mu Okutobala 2003, m'mawu a 64, Pilger adagwetsa kupembedza mafano kwa Clinton ndi Blair, nthano za "ubale wapadera" wa US-UK, zodziwikiratu zakumadzulo, kukhulupirika kwa Independent komanso pagulu lonse la atolankhani la Westminster:
"The New Special Relationship" inali nkhani yabwino yotsatira, pomwe Blair ndi Clinton akuyang'ana m'maso m'munda wa No 10 Downing Street. Nayi nyaliyo ikuperekedwa, idatero tsamba loyamba la Independent, "kuchokera ku utsogoleri wodekha komanso wopanda cholinga waku America kupita ku mphamvu zonse za Blairdom". Uwu unali mawu aulemu omwe anayambitsa Blair ku ziwawa zake zachifumu.’ (Pilger, ‘The Fall and Rise of Liberal England,’ New Statesman, 13 October 2003)
Kuyang'ana kwa Clinton ndi Blair 'kuyang'anana m'maso mwa wina ndi mnzake m'munda wa No 10 Downing Street' kunakhudza kwambiri chikhalidwe cha Disneyfied chomwe ambiri amakopeka nacho. Kusiyana pakati pa kupembedza mafano konyansa kwa tsamba loyamba la Independent ndi chigamulo chomaliza cha Pilger, chakuda kwambiri chinali chowononga. Ziganizo zitatuzi zasiya magulu a 'atolankhani okondana', 'atolankhani makasitomala', 'zofalitsa', akuyang'ana ndendende zomwe ali - omvetsa chisoni komanso opusa. Ndipo anachita zimenezi kosatha. Nzosadabwitsa kuti mnzake wa mtolankhani yemwe amagwira ntchito mu situdiyo yayikulu ya TV yaku Britain adatiuza kuti:
'Muyenera kuwona zomwe zimachitika muchipinda chofalitsa nkhani wina akatchula Chomsky kapena Pilger. Amathamangira njira ina, ndipo ndikuwona kuti akuchita mantha ndi mawonekedwe a nkhope zawo. Zoona zake n’zakuti mutamvetsa ndi kuvomereza zimene mukuchita, simungathe kupitiriza nazo. Nditatchula za Chomsky, munthu wina anati, “O, ali kumeneko.” "Kutuluka kuti?" Ndidafunsa.' (Imelo ku Media Lens, 8 July 2005)
Thoreau adati:
‘Munthu aliyense wolungama kuposa anansi ake amapanga ambiri mwa omwe kale.’ (Henry David Thoreau, Walden ndi Civil Kusamvera, Penguin Classics, 1986, p.397)
Pankhani zonse zofunika, Pilger anali wolondola kuposa anansi ake; iye anali ‘anthu ambiri’ aatali kwambiri.
Kamm adasiya zoyipa zake mpaka pomaliza kuganiza za Kosovo kuti Pilger mwiniwake adayambitsa nkhani yakuwonongeka kwakukulu kwa Nato komwe kunkaponderezedwa ndi boma komanso atolankhani, chifukwa adafuna kulimbikitsa anthu kuti azitsutsa mfundo zaboma. Iye anali kunama mochititsa chidwi kwambiri pa chifukwa chimenechi, chomwe pankhaniyi chinali kuthandiza boma lopha fuko la anthu pa ndawala yake yopondereza mwankhanza.
Ngakhale kuchokera kumalingaliro a Kamm izi sizinalangizidwe. Kodi mlembi wa nkhani yoti awononge khalidwe la mtolankhani angaulule bwanji pomaliza pake iye mwini monga wina wololera kuŵerama mpaka kunena kuti munthu amene wangomwalira kumene, amene sangadziteteze, ‘kunama mochititsa mantha’? Munthu aliyense wakhalidwe labwino, ngakhale adani a Pilger, ayenera kuipidwa.
Sicholinga chathu kunena kuti zoyipa izi ziyenera kuganiziridwa mozama. Koma amapereka chikumbutso cha momwe otsutsa amabizinesi amalolera kusintha chowonadi. Monga Pilger mwiniwake adanena:
'Njira yodziwika bwino ya smear ndi choonadi cha theka kapena kotala, kusokoneza, kufotokoza molakwa, kunyoza pang'ono ndi chidole cha liwongo-ndi-mayanjano. Limbikitsani mwachangu.’ (Imelo kwa David Edwards, 29 June 2011)
Pilger adatha kupeputsa zoyipa zambiri zopanda maziko koma nthawi zina zidamuvulaza kwambiri. Wanthanthi wa ku Scotland, David Hume, anafotokoza Rousseau kukhala ‘mmodzi wa anthu odziŵika kwambiri mwa anthu onse... kupsa mtima kwake koipitsitsa ndiko kuzunzika kwake’; ‘afanana ndi munthu amene anavula zovala zake zokha, komanso khungu lake’. (Wotchulidwa, John Hope Mason, The Indispensable Rousseau, Quartet Books, 1979, p.5)
Pilger mofananamo anali wokhudzidwa ndi kupanda chilungamo kochitidwa kwa ena ndi kwa iye mwini; chifukwa chake kutchuka kwake kukhala 'wonyansidwa'. Ngati iye anali nthawizina, zinali chifukwa iye anali wodzipereka, munthu; chifukwa ankamva zinthu mozama kwambiri. Kupambana kwake kwakukulu kunali kugwiritsa ntchito kukhudzika kumeneku, kupweteka kumeneku, m’njira ya choonadi potetezera opanda mphamvu.
Kwa zaka zambiri, kupyolera mu mayesero ndi zowawa zambiri, kukwera ndi kutsika, tinakhala ndi chizolowezi chothetsa maimelo athu kwa wina ndi mzake ndi mawu omwewo. Komaliza, ndiye, tikunena ndi chikondi chonse ndi chiyamiko: Patsogolo, John!
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