The Wire

John Pilger’s latest book is a thriller, and it’s all true. He’s collected what he calls the “secret history” of our age through his choice of what he believes is the very best investigative journalism since World War II. From Wilfred Burchett’s dangerous trek into Hiroshima just after the first atomic bomb blast, to Phillip Knightley’s six year battle to make the British Government accountable to the armless, legless victims of thalidomide, this book celebrates the real heroes of journalism. John Pilger told Annie Hastwell the 29 journalists whose big scoops make up the book represent what journalism should be all about.