Neil Mackay hears how John Pilger brought the horrors of the Cambodian killing fields to the world's attention, and how years later he is still haunted by those images.
Startling stories from behind the headlines. Neil Mackay - the Sunday Herald's multi-award winning 成人快手 Affairs and Investigations Editor - hears from fellow investigative journalists about the biggest stories of their careers. What on earth drives them to pursue a scoop well beyond the point of their own safety and possibly their own sanity?
In a career as a foreign correspondent lasting over half a century, John Pilger is something of a legend. He's won the highest awards in journalism, and is world-renowned for reporting on injustice both at home and abroad - and for his compassionate pursuit of the truth.
He's investigated many human rights abuses from around the world, but it's his many investigations into the murderous regime of the Khmer Rouge on the people of Cambodia. Neil hears how the sights, sounds and smells of Cambodia still haunt him to this day.
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- Tue 19 Jul 2011 14:05成人快手 Radio Scotland
- Sun 24 Jul 2011 16:30成人快手 Radio Scotland except Extra