At war with media

JOHN PILGER’S timing is perfect.

In a week where the WikiLeaks controversy is hogging the headlines, the veteran journalist has released The War You Don’t See (Tuesday, UTV, 10.35pm), a feature-length documentary on media coverage of war.

As Julian Assange and his WikiLeaks colleagues have lifted the lid on the workings of the diplomatic world, his fellow Australian focuses on the mainstream media’s failings in reporting various conflicts.