"Answering the Lie Machine" by Neil McLean provides a detailed rebuttal to widespread Western disinformation about Kampuchea's economic conditions before and after the Vietnamese invasion. The report highlights how, contrary to media claims of mass starvation under Democratic Kampuchea, rice production had reached 3.4 million tons by 1978, demonstrating the effectiveness of the revolutionary agricultural policies. It was only after the military occupation of Vietnam in early 1979 that a severe famine set in, with hunger-related deaths reaching 500,000 by the end of the year and reports confirming that starvation continued into September 1980. Despite this, journalists such as John Pilger and others aligned with the Vietnamese-backed Heng Samrin regime falsely placed the blame on Democratic Kampuchea, obscuring the direct role of the Vietnamese invasion in causing mass suffering.