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Investigative reporter John Pilger and broadcaster Jon Snow (Channel 4 News) happen to be speaking within a few days of each other in London this week, on broadly similar topics. ************* John Pilger in Conversation -- National Film Theatre John Pilger, war correspondent, author and BAFTA and Emmy award-winning film-maker, has been on British TV screens for some 35 years, virtually all of them at ITV. In that time he has highlighted some of the most distressing and enraging effects of war and super-power 'diplomacy' ever screened. With his production team, which for a long time included the late producer-director David Munro, Pilger has confronted those in power and told the stories of those without power. He will look back at his career, in an interview with Julian Petley, following a screening of two of his most provocative works. Part of ITV50 at the NFT Sun 6 Nov 6.30PM NFT1 A special event ************ Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror + Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia -- National Film Theatre Few TV reports have had greater impact than Year Zero (ATV 1979, 52 mins), the first footage to emerge from Cambodia for four years, leading to £19m in relief funds being raised. The film ended with the words, 'You can assume that most of the people you saw in tonight's film are now dead.' Breaking the Silence (Carlton 2003, 52 mins) looks at George Bush's adventures in Afghanistan and Iraq, and includes subtly telling grillings of senior Bush officials and former intelligence officers. In Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy (Central 1994; showing here in extract only), Pilger and his team uncover evidence of a previously unknown massacre. Part of ITV50 at the NFT Sun 6 Nov 4.10PM NFT1 A special event Mon 7 Nov 6.15PM NFT2 An education event ************* November 10th 2005 Time 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Title Can the media ever learn to love human rights? Lecture by Jon Snow Location Courtauld Institute of Art, Strand Speaker Jon Snow Phone Contact 02078481924 Topic / Issue Human Rights Sponsor Irwin Mitchell, One Crown Office Row Can the media ever learn to love human rights? Jon Snow looks at the media's double standards on human rights - quick to battle for the right to publish, quick to ride rough-shod over the rights of those least able to defend themselves. Part of the Lunchtime Lecture series of the British Institute of Human Rights