Censored 2014: Fearless Speech in Fateful Times; The Top Censored Stories and Media Analysis of 2012-13
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Censored 2014: Fearless Speech in Fateful Times; The Top Censored Stories and Media Analysis of 2012-13
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Overview
Ralph Nader’s 10 Books to Provoke Conversation in 2014
Every year since 1976, Project Censored, our nation's oldest news-monitoring group--a university-wide project at Sonoma State University founded by Carl Jensen, directed for many years by Peter Phillips, and now under the leadership of Mickey Huff--has produced a Top-25 list of underreported news stories and a book, Censored, 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.
Seven Stories Press has been publishing this yearbook since 1994, featuring the top stories listed democratically in order of importance according to an international panel of judges. Beyond the Top-25 stories, additional chapters delve further into timely media topics: The Censored News and Media Analysis section provides annual updates on Junk Food News and News Abuse, Censored Deja Vu, signs of hope in the alternative and news media, and the state of media bias and alternative coveragearound the world. In the Truth Emergency section, scholars and journalists take a critical look at the US/NATO military-industrial-media empire. And in the Project Censored International section, the meaning of media democracy worldwide is explored in close association with Project Censored affiliates in universities and at media organizations all over the world.
A perennial favorite of booksellers, teachers, and readers everywhere, Censored is one of the strongest lifesigns of our current collective desire to get the news we citizens need--despite what Big Media tells us.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781609804954 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Seven Stories Press |
| Publication date: | 10/08/2013 |
| Sold by: | Penguin Random House Publisher Services |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 288 |
| File size: | 4 MB |
About the Author
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.
Table of Contents
Foreword: Solutions in a Time of Climate Meltdown: The Most Censored (and Indispensible) Story Sarah van Gelder 13
Introduction Andy Lee Roth Mickey Huff 25
Section I Censored News and Media Analysis
Introduction 35
Note on Research and Evaluation of Censored News Stories 39
Chapter 1 Top 25 Censored Stories from 2012-13 and Censored News Clusters 41
The Top 25
Top 25 Story Summaries, compiled by Andy Lee Roth 41
1 Bradley Manning and the Failure of Corporate Media 41
2 Richest Global I Percent Hide Trillions in Tax Havens 42
3 Trans-Pacific Partnership Threatens a Regime of Corporate Global Governance 43
4 Obama's War on Whistleblowers 44
5 Hate Groups and Antigovernment Groups on Rise across US 44
6 Billionaires' Rising Wealth Intensifies Poverty and Inequality 46
7 Merchants of Death and Nuclear Weapons 47
8 Bank Interests Inflate Global Prices by 35 to 40 Percent 48
9 Icelanders Vote to Include Commons in Their Constitution 49
10 A "Culture of Cruelty" along Mexico-US Border 50
11 Bush Blocked Iran Nuclear Deal 50
12 The US Has Left Iraq with an Epidemic of Cancers and Birth Defects 52
13 A Fifth of Americans Go Hungry 53
14 Wireless Technology a Looming Health Crisis 54
15 Food Riots: The New Normal? 55
16 Journalism Under Attack Around the Globe 56
17 The Creative Commons Celebrates Ten Years of Sharing and Cultural Creation 57
18 Fracking Our Food Supply 57
19 The Power of Peaceful Revolution in Iceland 58
20 Israel Counted Minimum Calorie Needs in Gaza Blockade 59
21 Monsanto and India's "Suicide Economy" 60
22 Pennsylvania Law Gags Doctors to Protect Big Oil's "Proprietary Secrets" 61
23 Transaction Tax Helps Civilize Wall Street and Lower the National Debt 62
24 Widespread GMO Contamination: Did Monsanto Plant GMOs Before USDA Approval? 63
25 Israel Gave Birth Control to Ethiopian Immigrants Without Their Consent 63
Censored News Clusters
Whistleblowers and Gag Laws Brian Covert 65
Plutocracy, Poverty, and Prosperity James F. Tracy 85
Human Rights and Civil Liberties Susan Rahman Donna Nassor 101
Technologies and Ecologies of War Targol Mesbah Zara Zimbardo 113
Health and the Environment Susan Rahman Liliana Valdez-Madera 127
Iceland, the Power of Peaceful Revolution, and the Commons Andy Lee Roth 143
Chapter 2 Déjà Vu: What Happened to Previous Censored Stories? Mickey Huff Nolan Higdon Andrew O'Connor-Watts Jen Eiden Allen Kew Emmie Ruhland Aaron Hudson Rex Yang Sam Park Amitai Cohen Michael Kolbe Matthew Carhart 155
Chapter 3 Can't Touch This: Junk Food News and News Abuse Mickey Huff Michael Kolbe Nolan Higdon Sam Park Jennifer Eiden Kimberly Soiero 177
Chapter 4 Media Democracy in Action: Free Press and Free Speech Advocates that Make a Difference compiled Mickey Huff, with contributions Daniel Ellsberg, On Civil Courage Josh Wolf, Journalism that Matters William Creely. Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Christopher M. Finan, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression Acacia O'Connor, National Coalition Against Censorship and Kids' Right to Read Tony Diaz, Librotraficante Beau Hodai, DBA Press Sunsara Taylor. Stop Patriarchy John Collins, The Weave Ken Walden. What the World Could Be 207
Section II Critical Thinking, Media Literacy, and Narratives of Power
Introduction 249
Chapter 5 Digging Deepen Politico-Corporate Media Manipulation, Critical Thinking, and Democracy Elliot D. Cohen 251
Chapter 6 Diffusing Conspiracy Panics: On the Public Use of Reason in the Twenty-First Century Truth Emergency James F. Tracy 271
Chapter 7 Censorship That Dares Not Speak its Name: The Strange Silencing of Liberal America John Pilger 287
Chapter 8 Screening the Homeland: How Hollywood Fantasy Mediates State Fascism in the US of Empire Rob Williams 297
Section III Case Studies of "Unhistory" in the Making-And How to Build a Better Future
Introduction 311
Chapter 9 Exposing The Financial Core of the Transnational Capitalist Class Peter Phillips Brady Osborne 313
Chapter 10 Apple Exposed: The Untold Story of Globalization Nicki Lisa Cole Tara Krishna 331
Chapter 11 The "New" American Imperialism in Africa: Secret Sahara Wars and AFRICOM Brian Martin Murphy 353
Chapter 12 The Sixth Mass Extinction Julie Andrzejewski John C. Alessio 365
Chapter 13 The New Story: Why We Need One and How to Create II Michael Nagler 387
Acknowledgments and Judges 407
Report From The Media Freedom Foundation President Peter Phillips 413
How To Support Project Censored 419
No News Is Good News Marcia Annenberg, cover artist 421
About The Editors 423
Index 425