John Pilger; We like to think our broadcast news is impartial. But it is deeply and subtly biased and that is why young people turn off, and switch to the samizdat on the web, New Statesman, 02 December 2002, pp. 15-16.
John Pilger; In its leaders supporting the war in Iraq, the Observer proves that it has truly buried its great liberal editor David Astor, and his principled, "freethinking" legacy, New Statesman, 03 February 2003, pp. 11-12.
The victory flags are out, and the unthinkable is becoming normal; The focus on one boy helps us forget the devastated lives of thousands of others, argues John Pilger, The Independent, 20 April 2003,
John Pilger; The tall, ruddy-faced man opened my door and said: "I'm Jim Howard. Where do I start?" So began the rescue of Cambodia, one of the biggest and boldest relief operations in history, New Statesman, 12 May 2003, pp. 12-13.
When he finally goes, Blair ought to have WMD chiselled on his political headstone. He has now been caught. It must be clear to the most devoted courtier that he has lied about the primary reason he gave, repeatedly, for attacking Iraq', Daily Mirror, 03
NS cover story; John Pilger; Bush's Vietnam; Once more, we hear that America is being "sucked into a quagmire". The rapacious adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan are going badly wrong, New Statesman, 23 June 2003, pp. 20-21.
John Pilger; While we are allowed to read internal e-mails in Whitehall, we can't see the traffic between Blair and Bush that would reveal the biggest lie of all , New Statesman, 15 September 2003, pp. 10-11.