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Censored 2005: The Top 25 Censored Stories (Censored: The News That Didn't Make the News -- The Year's Top 25 Censored Stories) Kindle Edition

by Project Censored (Author), Tom Tomorrow (Illustrator), Peter Phillips (Editor), Format: Kindle Edition
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The yearly volumes of Censored, in continuous publication since 1976 and since 1995 available through Seven Stories Press, is dedicated to the stories that ought to be top features on the nightly news, but that are missing because of media bias and self-censorship. The top stories are listed democratically in order of importance according to students, faculty, and a national panel of judges. Each of the top stories is presented at length, alongside updates from the investigative reporters who broke the stories.
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“Required reading for broadcasters, journalists, and well-informed citizens.” –Los Angeles Times

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PROJECT CENSORED, founded in 1976 by Carl Jensen at Sonoma State University, has as its principal objective the advocacy for and protection of First Amendment rights, including freedom of information. In 2008, Project Censored received the PEN/Oakland Literary Censorship Award. Most recently, Project Censored received the 2014 Pillar Award in Journalism and New Media, given annually to persons of conscience, conviction, and achievement who stand up for what’s right and what’s true in the face of corporate and political intimidation. For more information, visit www.projectcensored.org.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00541Z852
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Seven Stories Press (January 4, 2011)
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Mrs. Caregiver
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2005
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CENSORED 2005, like others of the series, reveal in sobering detail how much of the news we see is distorted, filtered and corrupted before it reaches us. If nothing else, readers will learn to be more cautious and less trusting in the news we are fed.
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Calvary
5.0 out of 5 stars Extra, Extra...Read All About It......
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2005
This is the first "Project Censored" book I have ever bought and it's jaw-dropping.

The once great esteemed American media/press has been degraded to jibber-jabber. Entertainment has become critical "news". There is hardly anymore investigative reporting, just many reporters offering opinions (aka "pundits"), and everything is just "spin", depending on what side of the political spectrum your views happen to land on.

This is the crux of "Project Censored 2005". This book offers the top 25 underreported stories of 2004, that would vastly improve an average American's understanding of the world if they were reported properly. Many of these stories are backed up by numerous references galore so anyone can follow up on these stories. The scariest parts of the book deal with corporate consolidation (monopoly) of media and Junk News/ News Abuse. When you read these sections, you will begin to wonder if America really has "free press".

Example: In June 5, 2005's edition of NYC's Daily News, the one year wedding anniversary of Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony made page 2 headlines, while the murder of a 9 year old girl was pushed to page 4. Also,the devastating tsunami that struck south Asia was quickly pushed aside for the earth-shattering divorce of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. CNN, FOX and countless other major news channels covered this extensively. Instead of focusing on the genocide of Sudan, Paris Hilton's engagement ring made front page news. The War on Terror? Bah!!!! American Idol gets more coverage. Depleted Uranium used in the military getting much press? No way!!! Instead, the media would have you believe that Angelina Jolie's and Brad Pitt's getaway to Kenya is waaaaay more newsworthy (what's with all this Brad Pitt attention anyway? He's okay looking and all, but give us a break already!). Essence magazine was just purchased by Time Warner. When you read which corporations own which media (from books to music, to magazines to radio stations to TV and cable channels) you will be stunned at what few corporations own basically the majority of American press. Big Brother much?

Project Censored delves into these issues and insists that there needs to be huge overhaul of American media, for a society's press basically reflects the society...when a country's press becomes empty, ridiculous, frivolous, and all "spin" what does that say about the society? When entertainment becomes news worthy, American society is headed towards trouble.

Some people suggest this book is "liberal spin". But I ask anyone, from the few examples I gave above, do you really think this is spin or the cold-hard truth. Watch and read news magazines and papers and I dare you say otherwise.
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Michael
1.0 out of 5 stars A Unintended Parody
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2005
Hey, these are the people who claim 9/11 was some secret plot of Bush, Cheney, Halliburton, Exxon, blah, blah, blah

What's amusing is that as you read this book you can almost smell a whiff of Columbian Gold as these aging baby-boomers relieve the 60s by spinning dark conspiracies about how The Man is keeping them down.

This book is premised in another era...where you got your news from one monopoly newspaper and three tv networks. Back when there was REAL media consolidation. It's almost like the internet hasn't happened in their world.

One of the most telling stories they chose surrounds the 'Academic Bill Of Rights' which calls for intellectual diversity on college campuses....a direct challenge to the insular collegiate world from which the authors come. Sonnds like they are the ones who are afraid they'll lose their ability to censor what their students hear.

I use to take this stuff seriously when I was in college, but then I went out into the real world. This stuff reads like comedy.
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doomsdayer520
4.0 out of 5 stars More Proof of Media Monopoly
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2005
I have followed the annual Project Censored guides for the better part of a decade, and can even credit the series with partially inspiring my recent master's degree in media studies. In that field, the overwhelming concern for the past several years has been the growing corporate consolidation of the media. Consequently, media outlets have a structural focus on news stories that reinforce the worldview of the corporate elite, and maintain the political and economic status quo, while simply ignoring stories that shed a bad light on such power structures. To a greater extent than ever, the "censored" stories located by the team this year predominantly feature corporate malfeasance and the consolidation of power by political and corporate elites, with unheralded harm being done to real people, along with a trampling of the common good and the public rights guaranteed by the Constitution.

Alas, since this is a group project, once again the Project Censored team has included their great findings in a disappointingly inconsistent book. Not to mention the frequent typos and other signs of poor technical editing, this book is often sunk by self-righteousness from the very same journalists who have courageously brought the under-reported stories to light. These original reporters, writing their own follow-ups and investigative reports here, usually complain about how the mainstream press and general public continue to ignore their work - complaints that are tiresome and unnecessary, because since we're reading this book we're already completely aware of the problem. One low point is "Lifestyles of the Rich and Oligopolistic" in which Stephanie Dyer ruins an expose on the boards of directors of media giants by complaining about how individual directors don't share her personal politics. Even worse is "U.S. Coverage of Israel and Palestine: Choosing Sides" in which extraordinarily holier-than-thou freelance reporter Alison Weir unloads blanket criticism of all media (including, strangely enough, Project Censored) for under-reporting the namesake conflict, but offers little real structural analysis of why such under-reporting happens or how the situation could be improved.

Fortunately, the remaining media analysis in this year's edition is generally strong and enlightening, although coverage of the media monopoly process is a bit repetitive and merely distills information that has already been well covered by experts in the field (especially my personal favorite, Robert McChesney). As usual, the stories uncovered by the Project Censored team are extremely important for those who want to know more about not only the behavior of the mainstream media, but the state of the world for the 99.9% of us who are not members of the elite. But you will have to put up with a certain amount of self-righteousness and poor writing and editing as the team can't quite create a book as strong as the stories it uncovers. [~doomsdayer520~]
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