REVIEW: Behind the bitter attacks and propaganda—a remarkable Cold War talent

Review of Memoirs of a Rebel Journalist: The Autobiography of Wilfred Burchett, edited by George Burchett and Nick Shimmin.

  • David Robie
Keywords: Cold War, censorship, defamation, ethics, media ethics, media freedom, media law, political activism, politics, political journalism, reviews

Abstract

Review of Memoirs of a Rebel Journalist: The Autobiography of Wilfred Burchett, edited by George Burchett and Nick Shimmin.

When Phillip Knightley was researching The First Casualty (1975), controversial fellow Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett was at the top of his list of war correspondents in the Pacific theatre whom he needed to interview. But he was at a loss over how to find him. Was Burchett then living in Paris, Sofia, Moscow or Beijing? Or where? Ironically, Knightley bumped into Burchett at a party in the London suburb of Battersea.

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Published
01-09-2006
How to Cite
Robie, D. (2006). REVIEW: Behind the bitter attacks and propaganda—a remarkable Cold War talent: Review of Memoirs of a Rebel Journalist: The Autobiography of Wilfred Burchett, edited by George Burchett and Nick Shimmin. Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa, 12(2), 192-196. https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v12i2.872

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