Censored 2012: The Top Censored Stories and Media Analysis of 2010-2011 (Censored: The News That Didn't Make the News -- The Year's Top 25 Censored Stories)

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 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. 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 Déjà Vu, signs of hope in the alternative and news media, and the state of media bias and alternative coverage around 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 life signs of our current collective desire to get the news we citizens need—despite what Big Media tells us. Preface: moving beyond media reform for Censored 2012 Introduction / by Peter Phillips Section I. Censored news and media analysis. Project Censored news clusters and the top censored stories of 2010 and 2011 -- by Peter Phillips ... [et al.] Introduction -- by Mickey Huff Human costs of war and violence -- by Peter Phillips and Craig Cekala Social media and internet freedom -- by Elliot D. Cohen Economics and inequality -- by Dean Walker, with research assistance by Bill Gibbons and editing by Melody J. Haislip Power, abuse, and accountability -- by Andy Lee Roth Health and the environment -- by Elain Wellin and Kristen Seraphin Women and gender issues -- by Joel Evans-Fudem and Amy Ortiz Collaboration and common good -- by Kenn Burrows and Tom Atlee Deja vu: what happened to last year's top Censored stories -- by Mickey Huff with Project Censored Interns Framing the messengers: junk food news and news abuse for dummies -- by Mickey Huff and Adam Bessie, with contributions by Abby Martin, Nolan Higdon, and Clifton Roy Damiens Signs of health and emerging culture: stories of hope and creative change from 2010 and 2011 -- by Kenn Burrows Media democracy in action -- by Mickey Huff with contributions by Abby Martin ... [et al.] Section II: Truth emergency. Understanding propaganda in theory and practice. Introduction -- by Mickey Huff A brief history of propaganda -- by Randal Marlin A theoretical approach to mass psychological manipulation: Jacques Ellul's analysis of modern propaganda -- by Jacob Van Vleet Drawing back the veil on the US propaganda machine -- by Robert Abele The impending demise of net neutrality -- by Elliot D. Cohen A tea party among us: media censorship, manufactured dissent, and the right-wing rebellion -- by Anthony DiMaggio. Section III: Project Censored international. Human rights and the right to know. Introduction -- by Mickey Huff with an introduction to the fair sharing of the common heritage / -- by Mary Lia Media distortion of nonviolent struggles: putting dark lenses on colored revolutions -- by Cynthia Boaz The US in Africa: velvet glove on a military fist -- by Ann Garrison Establishing Ghetto Palestine -- by Jon Elmer HBO's Treme: exposing the fractured press coverage of the storm and post-Katrina New Orleans -- by Robin Anderson Single payer singled out: corporate control of the message in US health reform -- by Margaret Flowers Censorship of the true state of maternity care in the US -- by Ina May Gaskin.

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 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. 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 Déjà Vu, signs of hope in the alternative and news media, and the state of media bias and alternative coverage around 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 life signs of our current collective desire to get the news we citizens need-despite what Big Media tells us.

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