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- RNZ's veteran broadcaster Kim Hill will step down as host of the network's Saturday Morning show tomorrow.
Take a look back at one of the most fiery interviews to grace New Zealand's television screens - Hill's encounter with author and documentary maker John Pilger.
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00:00 Leading questions
00:11 Introducing John Pilger and his cause
07:24 Saddam Hussein and anthrax
16:24 Tensions rise
17:43 Disarmament of Iraq
22:52 "This interview frankly is a disgrace."
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History has shown Pilger to be correct and Hill to be an idiot.
yes. The series was canned not long afterwards. Kim has done good interviews in her career but his wasn't one of them.
Not an idiot … a voluntary tool and corrupt.
She knew exactly what she was saying and the intentions behind it.
@@AriusBLKI have no problem accepting both assessments! Both valid!!!
I was an art student who barely followed the news. and even i knew this. I mean... the UN said they found no weapons of mass destruction. it wasn't hard to find that. the MSM pretended like that fact wasn't established when it was clear as day. hence MSM is largely to blame and must never be trusted again.
Indeed for Pilger
But Hill? She is clearly a gatekeeper for the Global Mafia. Vile, venomous and ultimately vapid for refusing to express an original thought
I am a veteran of the Iraq war 2004/2005 and John Pilger is 100% right.
How do you sleep at night?
Thank you for your honesty , we can see it all now clearly if you want to face it , so bloody sad what has happened in the Middle East , it’s a total shit show and it breaks my heart that so many have lost their lives these past 20+ years
he always was
@@naomixx177 That shouldn't be the question, most troops/ veterans merely followed the orders they were given. Not knowing the consequences. Question should be why was Tony Blair and Bush jr. Never charged ?
We obliously run by double standards here in the Western world, we say " rules based order" but we don't even apply to them ourselfs.
Remember then Senator Joe Biden publicly berate Scott Ritter in the US Congress for attempting to tell the truth about the so-called WMDs in Iraq?
Anchors like Hill are a dime a dozen.
John Pilger was one in a million. What an absolute legend he was. The world is truly less without him. RIP legend 🙏
Very well put indeed !
Ditto that .
Absolutely true,
John Pilger will be surely and sorely missed. A great journalist because he told the truth.
Until he lost the plot in his latter days.
A brilliant example of John's journalism. He'll be hugely missed. RIP.
Kim got kicked in the butt from beginning to end of this interview and her butt still didn’t feel it. That’s worse than having a thick skull. Simple lesson Kim do some research before you interview the likes of John Pilger.
Oh no I didn’t realise he died?!
@@antpoo Oh no, same here! No mentions about him in Swedish media, then again our media is exactly like this interviewer, warmongering and eager to join Nato despite they are not allowed to report on anything that 'could risk relationships with 3rd powers' meaning US and UK 🤦
could get a bit agitating though when listen find further things albeit likely more fraud & hypocrisy which JP been already fed up with such immoral muck beside the biased suggestive leading inquiry, obfuscation, & else
I had no idea! It wasn’t mentioned by the BBC.. for obvious reasons. There are only a few real journalists left with the integrity and knowledge of John Pilger. They will now attempt to write him out of the history books.
Why I boycott all mainstream "media". RIP John Pilger.
It was the mainstream media that broadcast this though.
Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. At least we have multiple outlets to contrast and compare. JP was brilliant and i read most of his books but he didn't get everything right. Towards the end he was referencing Russian media to support some his claims regarding the invasion of Ukraine. I appreciate he saw the worse of US foreign policy eg Vietnam and Cambodia and I think this skewed his reporting at times.
John Pilger worked for British United Press, Reuters, and the English & US Daily Mirror. He also wrote for the New Statesman magazine and The Guardian newspaper. Pilger's career on television began on World in Action (Granada Television) and later he worked at the BBC. These are all mainstream media outlets.
I also boycott the big supermarkets, I get my food from locally owned establishments and shops.
@@rickarnold6704 I didn't see his coverage of the war in Ukraine but yet again the war was provoked on purpose and maintained by the US. Watch John miersheimer and Jeffer Sachs.
Pilger here gives a Masterclass on not allowing the host to talk over him. Classic.
I consider Pilger's documentaries as "must watch" for anyone trying to grasp geopolitics.
Pilger was brilliant, a shining example of what journalism should be.
Brilliant indeed. Crazy brilliant answers and explanations, actually. I a French old dude am glad to listen and watch such a high level Journalist, for a change 😍
@@TukozAki he's not half as good as pierce Morgan 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Both Pilger and Hitchens were brilliant.
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@Fred-sy5sg no comparison. Pilger was a brilliant journalist and the other dude is a controlled puppet 😂😂😂
I don't even remember Kim Hill. But John Pilger will live forever. RIP
A giant of a human being against a peanut, I wonder if this kiwi peanut dare even look at this clip nowadays?
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I'm confused. Is he living forever or resting in peace?
@mostpeople_ Farkenell dude, DEEP!! You're a Zen poet son, am going to have to medfuckinitate on that one. Give me a few months for a formal response.
not her finest hour
I am going to buy ALL MR JOHN PILGER'S BOOKS. THANK YOU GREAT MAN.
I have .
You won't be disappointed.
RIP John..
A wonderful interview by a legendary journalist. He was such a gentleman under so much provocation and yet kept his coolness.
That Kim Hill was kept on after this shameful performance shows how little the journalism in New Zealand can be trusted. She was rude, misleading, inaccurate and ultimately proven wrong on every point she tried to force upon us.
Exactly how on earth did she keep her job for so long?
Standards are low.
How dare you call it a shee😅
At least the interview was broadcast. In the UK it probably would have been suppressed
To the contrary, she kept her job, like many other journos at that time, precisely because she conducted interviews like she did this one! She was doing exactly what the leadership class wanted her to do at that time.
Pilger shown to be 100% on the money. The host was incredibly rude & embarrassing to watch.
These are deep state "journalists" and just say what they are told to say.
I agree
Her face pulling is similar to a young child not getting their way ,hilarious,John is brilliant as ever 🙏
Yes, she was embarrassing. Her tossing the book is unforgivably rude and disrespectful. She is a failure of a journalist.
...and the host was exceptionally foolish!
A tireless, intelligent, searching and ethical journalist. Should have a posthumous Nobel Prize for peace, journalism, literature, humanity. Unsurprising that awards from elite US Ivy League's are far and few between. Thank you John.
Yes, I'll go halves on the Nobel prize and millions of others would too.
nobel prize itself is a joke, nobel himself stole the making of TNT and awarded himself a prise for stealing that knowledge. Mr Pilger is, was and will forever be bigger than the basis of a stolen and self serving idea of nobel! morover the merder barry setiro (barrack obhama as you know his stage name) received the same degenerate 'award' (it's a joke not an award). researching nobel reveals lies which is the opposite of the great, missed, leadership of, relentlessness of, fighting of, revealing evidence of and real journalism of Mr Pilger. nobel is a disgrace, the award a joke.
John Pilger & Robert Fisk, my two favourite journalists.
My favourites also, both sadly gone.
Me too.
It's cringeworthy seeing how unprepared and misinformed Kim was here.
Full respect to Mr Pilger for correcting and informing her on the truth throughout the interview.
unprofessional, first and foremost.
She put much effort into refusing to be corrected.
He schooled her and gave an education on journalism in this interview.
Nowadays they wouldn’t give a John Pilger 30 seconds. Here they gave him 20+ minutes. And she was far more prepared than the clowns of today.
@@AaronB99999 By "they" you mean Mainstream Media I understand? No, "they" wouldn't, but "nowadays" we have various other outlets and platforms. And the woman was not prepared, but schooled in the official propaganda, very aggressive, and highly disrespectful.
This woman, Kim Hill, is disgraceful and brutally, ignorantly rude to John Pilger. She purposely tries to spin the story and criticize Pilger without giving him time to finish his sentences. How RUDE CAN SHE BE!!!!! Glad to read that she was ousted asap.
@@oscarwilde5473 the series ended soon after and wasn't renewed. Kim went back to RNZ.
She seems very snarky indeed !
She’s probably in trumps camp
People who are wrong are condemned to be rude.
Feminism
"Just read"
Beautiful.
RIP John.
I dont give a flying fck about Kim or how horrible she was.. She was just playing the typical role of the generic attack "journalist" aka Pierce Morgan.. But holy shit was John Pilger proven right on every take.. He could already foresee how much of a clusterfck the Middle East was going to turn out to be as a result, & how much of that was actually deliberate strategy.. Everyone globally needs to see this, because its like predicting the future, the future that came to be, & shows fully how wrong lamestream media is.. And Scott Ritter, he too was proven right, as he also was for Ukraine too.. Bravo John Pilger, youre an absolute dead-set legend..
lamestream media...stealing that one.
spot on with everything else you said.
another good recommendation to watch is george galloway. scott ritter has sometimes appeared on george's show here on youtube.
Well said!!!
He stuck to the truth, relentlessly,
Well said Dan, I agree 100%.
People in the west don’t want to know the truth , it might take away their comfortable lifestyle , it’s a corrupt and broken world , MSM have much to answer for , I stopped watching their BS around May 2020 when I woke up
What an embarrassment Kim - shameful. Great man of truth - John RIP
Wondering what what the interviewer think today
This has not aged well for Hill. Pilger who said he wasn't good at predictions, was bang on as history has demonstrated.
Pilger a hero in journalism , being interviewed by an unprepared and rude person
You got that right !
...and a foolish interviewer!
Pilger is great in this but the arrogance and ignorance of this woman is mind blowing.
Not if you've spent any time around oestrogen it isn't
@@sbwlearning1372 This woman couldn’t agree more. These pit bulls were once confined to elementary schools terrorizing 8 year old boys. God help us.
Thanks for giving me a good laugh .@@sbwlearning1372
R.I.P John, a true journalist who kept people informed and did not parrot propaganda like so many so-called journalists nowadays.
John is iconic in his unbiased reporting and knowledge of the geo political landscape.
I just read that John Pilger is dead. I am so sad. I will truly miss him.
an ethically sound intellectual such as Pilger is a rarity indeed, and he will be deeply missed. from Aboriginal rights to the U.S war machine, from the freedom of Palestinians to the rotten case against Assange, his moral compass never once wavered. rest in peace John.
Don't forget Diego Garcia.
Hear Hear! Well spoken!
Well said
Principled, incorruptible, ethical, courageous to the last. What a giant of a human being.
Correct on many issues but not on Myanmar where he was pro isolationism and sanctions
Bless my dear friend and close neighbour, John Pilger, a genuinely kind and humble human being who always fought for truth and the common "man". We, the people of the whole world, have lost a great hero and champion who was my personal friend for many years who fought for me. Martha Gellhorn would have continued to be proud of him had she not left us. At least John missed the coming apocalypse ! We will all cherish his memory forever and wherever good sapiens exist.
I can only feel it must be an honour to have such a man of integrity, John Pilger, as a friend! You were blessed! 🙏
@habsom1406 Yes, very much so. John was blessed also with a loving family and a wonderful partner who cared for him. Love is the most important thing. As John knew only too well, the biggest and most important heroes are the ones we never hear about, the ordinary nobodys who are truly kind and have no ego or money issues, who are financially unremarkable but who know what life is all about and have deep respect and sensitivity. John was like that in his everyday life. His kindness and love for others was returned in beautiful ways and truth. He was deeply loved and he did his best to return that love. His enemies only increased the respect that we all had for him. We lost à true human being! He left us a legacy that will live for as long as good humans are around. We are blessed to have known people who love deeply and care deeply and read deeply. The world badly needs help.
@@mozartsbumbumsrus7750 What a wonderful tribute to your wonderful friend, thank you.
@michellenorris8471 Thank you for your appreciation. In my experience, the true real heroes are the ones we never hear about - the ones we wouldn't look twice at - the ones who avoid the lime light - the ones who have less ego - the ones who have no money - the ones with few possessions - the poor, who know what real kindness is, and who are altruistic who give unconditional love. Those are the sapiens who I want to know and be with and share with and help each other. No government no politician has the mental strength or structure to do any of that. None!
Seems like he was about as close to a saint as we get.
Well done sir! (TRUTH) from AUSTRALIA! 2024
Wonderful to hear John speak again. He was/ is one of the best in the business. Who now equals him?
There are a few brilliant journalists on the scene - all active on CZcams. Richard Medhurst, The Greyzone (Max Blumenthal & Aaron Mate), Ben Norton, Brian Berletic, the two from Breakthrough News (Rania Khalek and Eugene Puryear) and finally the brilliant Vijay Prasad. I'm sure there are lots more but these are the ones I've come across who have impressed me big time.
@@AInfrEEzebr I would add Chris Hedges to that list
Julian Assange Johns good friend
One of the greatest journalists of all time. R. I
P John.
Certainly one of the greatest journalists in history. Its unlikely we will ever get a journalist as good as him again. He came from a generation. That had better quality education growing up. They did not have any internet but they could read and that generation was extremely well read as a result they produced better journalists who used the English language far better than current generations all retired now if they are still alive or passed away. His journalistic documentaries were absolutely brilliant and directly challenged the Empire. He was one of the greatest journalists of all time. The last of the greats and the world is poorer for it. RIP John Pilger.
Nicely said rohanmarkjay!
If not the...greatest journalist.
Turns out John, is in fact pretty good at predicting.
Then with regards Julian Assange he should be listened to !!!
"Read". Probably one of the best one-word take down I have seen.
RIP John, a true journalist, which we are sadly lacking at the moment. Humanity will miss him.
A great man, John Pilger. Spoke facts with calm and confidence.
John Pilger is absolutely brilliant in this interview.
This interview is a prime example of the term "being on the wrong side of history". The views, quite aggressively and very confidently conveyed, by the interviewer have not aged very well with time.
John Pilger was an intellectual giant.
What a man he was and is, here today. He was right about everything.
What an outstanding human being and journalist
John Pilger will be missed, the world is poorer for his passing 🙏
kim Hill is a horrible host the way she disrespectfully shoves the book away was extremely rude and arrogant!!
She knew she hadn't done her homework on this, knew he was showing her up for this fact and knew that what miffed him most was that her lack thereof was the antithesis of how he habitually does his journalistic work, hence his anger. She effed up, majorly here.
She got bamboozled
Thar was all she had.. the art of projection something she showed not very good at..
She is horrible and always butting in, again a hidden agenda
Never heard of Kim Hill, the world knows John Pilger.
Nuff said.
I'm cringing listening to this insultingly rude & arrogant interviewer 😢 I hope she looks back at this and cringes too. What an insult to John Pilger , who is so intelligent, sensitive, and articulate in his views. RIP John.
What a journalist, what a man! RIP John Pilger.
Rest in peace John Pilger thank you for your insight, humanity and tenacity...There are People in the Balance still in 2023.🕊☮🤟
“The use of the term War is absurd”, just like Israel’s war in Gaza. John on the ball yet again
“Just read. Read, it takes time.” Bam!!🏆 miss you already John 😢
Mr John Pilger, was truth teller, he saw the World with rationality without Hypocrisy.
John was 100% correct. Not Kim Hills finest moment. Why would they play this as a tribute to her! I can only assume someone doesn’t like Kim and wants to show how bad she was.
Kim should stick to books, politics not her finest.
I believe this is a tribute to the great John Pilger - the female correspondent is irrelevant. She has no idea what she is talking about but reinforcing the narrative propagated by her pay masters. I don’t even know who this Kim person is & I never will, but John Pilger is part of human history!
Kim was good on National radio. This interview was one of the poorest I heard.
Not her finest moment? They do this deliberately.
well i thought it was not only very informative which is why John Pilger is so missed, it was also very entertaining which to be honest Kim should be given deserved credit for.
This wonderful man John Pilger was an amazing journalist. Not many like him left .
It shows bad journalism is not recent. Unfortunately the Kim Hill kind have multiplied and prospered, while the John Pilgers have become rarer and rarer. 😢
Well said..what a sad truth
I can't think of one.
where are the journalists like him these days ? He is sorely missed.
They're on online and doing podcasts.
they dont get promoted, or hired in the first place.
The news companies are owned by the zionists
I have hope that Aaron Mate & Max Blumenthal will carry on where John left off.
But I know what you mean, in fact it was my first thought when I heard he had died.
Kim was totally outclassed by true journalistic integrity a man who knew exactly what he was talking about because of thorough investigations he did himself not by regurgitating second hand information and propaganda like the majority did back then and still do R.I.P Mr Pilger and free Julian Assange
Mr. John Pilger was one of the greatest journalists ever!!!!
'Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and irritates the pig'. RIP John, a fearless truth teller.
This woman trying to get the better of John and trying to put words in his mouth was very funny. John was a very rare man indeed,he always stood up for the truth and the oppressed people of the world, he was a man of integrity and great personal courage who risked his own life many times to bring us these truths, he will live on forever through his documentaries, 🙏 we love you John ❤.
Unfortunately bad journalism continues to this day,sadly Mr Pilger is already missed but I shall carry on reading and watching his material ❤for he is undoubtedly a speaker of truth
I have PLENTY OF RESPECT TO ONE OF THE FEW WESTERN JOURNALISTS WITH GUTS MR JOHN PILGER, MAY THE ALMIGHTY BLESS HIS SOUL... KNOWLEDGE AND CLASS...
NO COMMENT ABOUT THE HOST.
That interviewer was an embarrassment.
What an airhead 😢
She is not an air head but repeats what she is told to say.
RIP John Pilger. They could not buy him or make join their club. Principled and honest until the very end.
The champion of slow news. The news no one wants to hear, has long since tired of and only cares about while it impacts on them. The champion of true justice and holding all to account. So often, one of only a few voices to keep speaking up when others had given up. A true journalist. An advocate for truth regardless of whose nose is put out of joint. We need people like him now more than ever.
Will be sadly missed, the world will be a lesser place without John, and the Australian media largely ignored his passing.
The greatest journalist they've ever had. Or are ever likely to have again
There should be a statue.
Rest in peace, Mr Pilger. It took great courage to speak against the Empire propaganda in the lead up to the Iraq invasion/ supreme crime. Thank you sir.
'Empire Propaganda' is spot on. Let us never forget what we're dealing with
Hundreds of thousands of us marched against the Empire at the time and were ignored , as usual.
RIP, a good, honest man. 1 in a million. John Pilger.
Very knowledgeable journalist - Mr John Pilger that is.
A brilliant journalist. Proved to be on the right side of history.
John Pilger was simply brilliant ! I can't get enough of his ability to deconstruct his detractors. RIP
RIP, Mr. Pilger. You are forever a shining light for humanity
R I P..John. How this World needs You now...more than ever!
John Pilger said he was hopeless at making predictions…but he was 100% correct in his forecasts about what would happen to Iraq and the entire region
I wonder if Kim Hill looks back on this and realises how inadequate she was as a journalist during this specific period when journalism was really needed
No this is their job, they do it deliberately. They have to beat the drums of war because they are told to sell the war to the people. So other rich and powerful people become even richer and more powerful. She knows which side her bread is buttered.
I doubt it
I wonder too.
JP. Hero of the common people everywhere. RIP.
Bravo❤ what a honest man. He just destroyed her lame questions and arguments.
Never seen this interview, especially in light of the sad passing of John Pilger, but god was this woman interviewer insufferable, this was 20 years ago. I hope she's out there, watching over this clip with utter shame and embarassment. Pilger brings up 1 million Iraqi victims of a cruel embargo and she justifies it by staw maning his argument, with almost sociopathic justification.
I've always respected and listened to John Pilger, for his speaking the truth, especially against tyranny, for his conscientious, concise and studied journalism and in the last some years for his vociferous support for the release of his friend Julian Assange which has increased the view I have for the man. 🧿
addendum: As for Kim Hill, whatever happened with her?
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She retired yesterday.
@@KevJDunn About time!
Epic! This guy will be missed! Gone straight to heaven, if there’s one. 🙏
What a great journalist he was. I have had the good fortune of meeting this humble man with such fantastic insight as a journalist. RIP
He was right wasnt he?...
Yes
100% right thank you John.. he’s right on Ukraine as well
He was so good and a man of honest and journalistic integrity. Sadly lacking these days.
Real journalism, I salute you Mr Pilger. RIP
John Pilger is the voice of reason, fairness, integrity, and justice !!
John your a legend 🏆🥇💙✨✊
What a loss for us all. A giant in journalism. Bless you John.
This interview is still so relevant. Both Pilger's clarity of the corruption of the west and the ridiculous punditry of TV celebrity infotainment hosts.
Truly, John Pilger has tended to stay topical and controversial, sometimes for many decades.
John Pilger’s voice will be truly missed! He had the eye for truth and the courage to express it!
John Pilger. Absolute legend brilliant reporter and writer
"It's not my belief...I go find out".
A principle of journalism that isn't followed enough, especially now.
John Pilger left an awesome legacy! The world is better for him to have been with us!
A kiwi responder here..... I remember first seeing this interview when it was aired and I wasn't sure what to make of it then, only that the temperature of interview was a little high.
Kim Hill was also a radio host on National radio for many years to which I listened often... and it always struck me how, after asking a question, she would interrupt the interviewee before they had a chance to finish their statement.... To which I found a little rude.
Roll on a couple of decades and Pilger was right and Kim Hill made a fool of herself.
I've always had the impression that she was more interested in the sound of her own voice... Congratulations on your retirement Kim, brilliant decision.
respect for mr. pilger, good man
The journalist of a generation. First came across him when 'The War in Democracy" was shown on ITV. Was amazed to see such an amazing Filmmaker on MSM and then went searching out all his other amazing works. It's great watching a real journalist give a lesson on journalism here on live TV. RIP John Pilger.
“Why don't you do your homework, why don't you Ask informed questions” he is good.
Salute! from a Saigonese Mr. Pilger you were the best journalist in Vietnam. Let history justify your argument.
Ms. Hill had missed point.
Thanks for uploading this archive.
What a brilliant interview by John Pilger we need more of them in this world sadly we lost him.
Where is the new generation of John Pilgers? He will be missed. RIP
Yes John Pilger was a great man indeed, astute, fearless and aligned with humanity in all his reporting. I think the likes of Owen Jones and Novara Media with Barnaby Raine, Ash Sarkar, Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani give me hope! Deep respect for Peter Obourne too!
@@habsom1406 Owen Jones let's his political leanings shade every opinion he voices. Pilger sought the truth.
They are al owned by the Corporate media and banks - bar a few small exceptions.
The new generation Journo is locked up in the UK by those monsters from yankee town washington!
PILGER was not on MSM for alongtime before his death other truth seekers are out there but not on MSM
The truth loving people of the world will miss this brilliant journalist and true human being. 😢
Fantastic thanks for the show From New York
John Pilger is an excellent journalist with impeccable research of reporting truth facts !
This pearl of journalism 101 Pilger teaches to Kim will live on forever. Thankyou John Pilger RIP your work was excellent
RIP John. A man of truth.
Pilger - a titan in the murky world of journalism. RIP