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<span class="date-display-single">Sun, 03/04/2011</span> </div>
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<div class="glw-authors">By <span class="glwnews-article-location"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3274">Kate Ausburn</a></span></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image">
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<p>See the <a href="http://www.greenleft.org.au/calendar">activist calendar</a> for details of screenings in your city.</p>
<p>John Pilger’s latest film, <em>The War You Don’t See</em>, looks at the power wielded by journalists reporting conflict. It examines the responsibility of the media in justifying and supporting the wars our governments wage. </p>
<p>Pilger asks: “What is the role of the media in rapacious wars like Iraq and Afghanistan and how are the crimes of war reported and justified?</p>
<p>“Those whose job it is to keep the record straight ought to be the voice of people, not power.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/47228" target="_blank">read more</a></p>