Censored 2016 : media freedom on the line : the top censored stories and media analysis of 2014-15

Chapter 2: Deja vu: what happened to previous Censored stories? / by Susan Rahman ; with research and writing from College of Marin students Nathan Bowman [and 17 others] ; with further research assistance by Diablo Valley College students Darian Edelman and Ellie Kim -- Chapter 3: A vast wasteland: the ongoing reign of junk food news and news abuse / by Nolan Higdon [and 16 others] -- Chapter 4: Media democracy in action / compiled by Andy Lee Roth and Mickey Huff, with contributions by [15 others] -- Chapter 5: A vision for transformative civic engagement: the Global Critical Media Literacy Project / by Julie Frechette, Nolan Higdon, and Rob Williams -- Chapter 6: Modern Herlands: the significance of Gilman's Herland for the next 100 years / by Sheila Katz -- Chapter 7: "Dark alliance": the controversy and the legacy, twenty years on / by Brian Covert -- Chapter 8: Twenty-first-century fascism: private military companies in service to the transnational capitalist class / by Peter Phillips, Ray McClintock, Melissa Carneiro, and Jacob Crabtree -- Chapter 9: Existence is resistance: women in occupied Palestine and Kashmir / by Tara Dorabji and Susan Rahman -- Chapter 10: The contours of long-term systemic crisis and the need for systemic solutions / by Gar Alperovitz, James Gustave Speth, and Joe Guinan -- Report from the Media Freedom Foundation President / by Peter Phillips.;Foreword: Censorship, its causes and cures / by Nicholas Johnson -- Introduction / by Mickey Huff and Andy Lee Roth.;Presents major news stories ignored or underreported by the mainstream media in 2014-2015, covering such topics as illegal dumping of fracking wastewater, sexual assault of Colombian children by US military, unprocessed rape kits, and the Fukushima nuclear disaster.;Chapter 1: The top Censored stories and media analysis of 2014-15 / compiled and edited by Andy Lee Roth. Half of global wealth owned by the 1 percent -- Oil industry illegally dumps fracking wastewater -- 89 percent of Pakistani drone victims not identifiable as militants -- Popular resistance to corporate water grabbing -- Fukushima nuclear disaster deepens -- Methane and Arctic warming's global impacts -- Fear of government spying is "chilling" writers' freedom of expression -- Who dies at the hands of US police -- and how often -- Millions in poverty get less media coverage than billionaires do -- Costa Rica setting the standard on renewable energy -- Pesticide manufacturers spend millions on PR response to declining bee populations -- Seeds of doubt: USDA ignores popular critiques of new pesticide-resistant genetically modified crops -- Pentagon and NATO encircle Russia and China -- Global forced displacement tops fifty million -- Big sugar borrowing tactics from big tobacco -- US military sexual assault of Colombian children -- Media "whitewash" Senate's CIA torture report -- ICREACH: the NSA's secret search engine -- "Most comprehensive" assessment yet warns against geoengineering risks -- FBI seeks backdoors in new communications technology -- The new Amazon of the north: Canadian deforestation -- Global killing of environmentalists rises drastically -- Unprocessed rape kits -- NSA's AUROAGOLD Program hacks cell phones around the world -- Greenland's meltwater contributes to rising sea levels. Foreword: Censorship, its causes and cures / by Nicholas Johnson -- Introduction / by Mickey Huff and Andy Lee Roth. Chapter 1: The top Censored stories and media analysis of 2014-15 / compiled and edited by Andy Lee Roth. Half of global wealth owned by the 1 percent -- Oil industry illegally dumps fracking wastewater -- 89 percent of Pakistani drone victims not identifiable as militants -- Popular resistance to corporate water grabbing -- Fukushima nuclear disaster deepens -- Methane and Arctic warming's global impacts -- Fear of government spying is "chilling" writers' freedom of expression -- Who dies at the hands of US police -- and how often -- Millions in poverty get less media coverage than billionaires do -- Costa Rica setting the standard on renewable energy -- Pesticide manufacturers spend millions on PR response to declining bee populations -- Seeds of doubt: USDA ignores popular critiques of new pesticide-resistant genetically modified crops -- Pentagon and NATO encircle Russia and China -- Global forced displacement tops fifty million -- Big sugar borrowing tactics from big tobacco -- US military sexual assault of Colombian children -- Media "whitewash" Senate's CIA torture report -- ICREACH: the NSA's secret search engine -- "Most comprehensive" assessment yet warns against geoengineering risks -- FBI seeks backdoors in new communications technology -- The new Amazon of the north: Canadian deforestation -- Global killing of environmentalists rises drastically -- Unprocessed rape kits -- NSA's AUROAGOLD Program hacks cell phones around the world -- Greenland's meltwater contributes to rising sea levels. Chapter 2: Deja vu: what happened to previous Censored stories? / by Susan Rahman with research and writing from College of Marin students Nathan Bowman [and 17 others] with further research assistance by Diablo Valley College students Darian Edelman and Ellie Kim -- Chapter 3: A vast wasteland: the ongoing reign of junk food news and news abuse / by Nolan Higdon [and 16 others] -- Chapter 4: Media democracy in action / compiled by Andy Lee Roth and Mickey Huff, with contributions by [15 others] -- Chapter 5: A vision for transformative civic engagement: the Global Critical Media Literacy Project / by Julie Frechette, Nolan Higdon, and Rob Williams -- Chapter 6: Modern Herlands: the significance of Gilman's Herland for the next 100 years / by Sheila Katz -- Chapter 7: "Dark alliance": the controversy and the legacy, twenty years on / by Brian Covert -- Chapter 8: Twenty-first-century fascism: private military companies in service to the transnational capitalist class / by Peter Phillips, Ray McClintock, Melissa Carneiro, and Jacob Crabtree -- Chapter 9: Existence is resistance: women in occupied Palestine and Kashmir / by Tara Dorabji and Susan Rahman -- Chapter 10: The contours of long-term systemic crisis and the need for systemic solutions / by Gar Alperovitz, James Gustave Speth, and Joe Guinan -- Report from the Media Freedom Foundation President / by Peter Phillips. Foreword : Censorship, its causes and cures / by Nicholas Johnson Introduction / by Mickey Huff and Andy Lee Roth Chapter 1: The top Censored stories and media analysis of 2014-15 / compiled and edited by Andy Lee Roth 1. Half of global wealth owned by the 1 percent 2. Oil industry illiegally dumps fracking wastewater 3. 89 percent of Pakastini drone victims not identifiable as militants 4. Popular resistance to corporate water grabbing 5. Fukushima nuclear disaster deepens 6. Methane and arctic warming's global impacts 7. Fear of government spying is "chilling" writers' freedom of expression 8. Who dies at the hands of U.S. police and how often 9. Millioins in poverty get less media coverage than billionaires do 10. Costa Rica setting the standard on renewable energy 11. Pesticide manufacturers spend millions on PR response to declining bee populations 12. Seeds of doubt: USDA ignores popular critiques of new pesticide-resistant genetically modified crops 13. Pentagon and NATO encircle Russia and China 14. Global forced displacement tops fifty million 15. Big Sugar borrowing tactics from Big Tobacco 16. US military sexual assault of Colombian children 17. Media "whitewash" Senate's CIA torture report 18. ICREACH: the NSA's secret search engine 19. "Most comprehensive" assessment yet warns against geoengineering risks 20. FBI seeks backdoors in new communications technology 21. The new Amazon of the north: Canadian deforestation 22. Global killing of environmentalists rises drastically 23. Unoriocessed rape kits 24. NSA's AUROGAGOLD program hacks cell phones around world 25. Greenland's meltwater contributes to rising sea levels Chapter 2: Deja vu : what happened to previous Censored stories? / by Susan Rahman ; with research and writing from College of Marin students Nathan Bowman [and 18 others] ; with further research assistance by Diablo Valley College students Darian Edelman and Ellie Kim Chapter 3: A vast wasteland : the ongoing reign of junk food news and news abuse / by Nolan Higdon [and 16 others] Chapter 4: Media democracy in action / compiled by Andy Lee Roth and Mickey Huff, with contributions by [15 others] Chapter 5: A vision for transformative civic engagement : the Global Critical Media Literacy Project / by Julie Frechette, Nolan Higdon, and Rob Williams Chapter 6: Modern Herlands : the significance of Gilman's Herland for the next 100 years / by Sheila Katz Chapter 7: "Dark alliance": the controversy and the legacy, twenty years on / by Brian Covert Chapter 8: Twenty-first-century fascism : private military companies in service to the transnational capitalist class / by Peter Phillips, Ray McClintock, Melissa Carneiro, and Jacob Crabtree Chapter 9: Existence is resistance : women in occupied Palestine and Kashmir / by Tara Dorabji and Susan Rahman Chapter 10: The contours of long-term systemic criss and the need for systemic solutions / by Gar Alperovitz, James Gustave Speth, and Joe Guinan Report from the Media Freedom Foundation President / by Peter Phillips. The annual yearbook from Project Censored features the year's most underreported news stories, striving to unmask censorship, self-censorship, and propaganda in corporate-controlled media outlets. Censored 2016 features the top-25 most underreported stories, as voted by scholars, journalists, and activists across the country and around the world, as well as chapters exploring timely issues from the previous year with more in-depth analysis. censorship,journalism,media,press,mainstream,checks and balances,accountability,news,reporting,hiding,FOIA,Project Censored,independent,global wealth,fracking,drone strikes,pakistan,water grabbing,corporate,fukushima,freedom of expression,policy brutality,renewable energy,pesticide,bee populations,GMOs,genetically modified,russia,china,refugee crisis,tobacco,Colombia,CIA,NSA,geoengineering,communications,deforestation,rape kits,hacking,sea level,US,coverage