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"Carefully orchestrated. . . . This well-researched work is highly recommended for most libraries."-Library Journal (starred review)

"Buy it, read it, act on it. Our future depends on the knowledge this collection of suppressed stories allows us."-The San Diego Review

"Required reading for broadcasters, journalists, and well-informed citizens."-Los Angeles Times

The best-selling Censored series-with over 150,000 copies in print-highlights each year's twenty-five most important underreported news stories, alerting readers to the negligence of corporate media and the resurgence of alternative media.

Peter Phillips, director of Project Censored, is an associate professor of sociology at Sonoma State University. He is known for his pieces in the alternative press and independent newspapers nationwide, such as Z Magazine and Social Policy.

Andrew Roth, associate director of Project Censored, is an assistant professor of sociology at Sonoma State University. His research explores how the conventions of journalism shape news content and coverage of environmental issues.

Project Censored, founded in 1976 by Carl Jensen, has as its principal objective the advocacy for and protection of First Amendment rights and the freedom of information in the United States.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #348106 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

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• ISBN13: 9781583228524
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About the Author
Peter Phillips, director of Project Censored, is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University. He is known for his op-ed pieces in the alternative press and independent newspapers nationwide. Project Censored, founded by Carl Jensen, advocates for first amendment rights and the freedom of information in the U.S.

Andrew Roth, associate director of Project Censored, is an assistant professor of sociology at Sonoma State University. His research explores how the conventions of journalism shape news content and coverage of environmental issues.

Customer Reviews

Excellent source not found elsewhere
This is a series I have read up to now for many reasons. Unlike the prev reviewer, there isn't any room for conspiracy theory here. Every single statement that is reported on is from a cited main stream source, not an out of the view isolated paper or website. Secondly, just take a look at the contributors, in the 2007 edition, all contributing writers (about 80+) are PhD,s and one is a masters degree holder. Many of the writers are nobel and other distinguished prize winners.

It is a view into what will be in a few years. The things that this book (series) reports on is what msm will cry about in 18 months when its hits our own cities. Pay attention!!

In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes an act of rebellion (G. Orwell)
The most important themes in the 2009 edition of Project Censored are again

the erosion of civil liberties (under the veil of the `War on Terror')
- legislation attacking Habeas Corpus (the protection of individual citizens against unlawful exercises of State power), free speech and free association
- the criminalization of free speech and social protest
- internet censorship
- mass spying on private communications
- attacks on those who question the official 9/11 version
- and even the possibility of confiscation of the assets of US citizens and organizations who oppose US operations in Iraq
- more, the term `terrorism' can include even thoughts that run contrary to the US agenda of total world domination.

war (`Aggressive war is the supreme international crime')
- dirty wars in Latin America
- war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan (1 million Iraqi deaths)

media monopolies and corporatocracy (E. Goldman: `The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought')
- the Truth Emergency Movement (`Journalism's job is to tell the people what is really going on'),
- human rights and slavery (the exploitation of guest workers in the US),
- environmental corporate corruption

healthcare and education
- the US health care system (38 billion $ profits for the private sector, while 45 million US citizen have no health care)
- the `No Child left behind' scandal

This book, like all other editions of `Censored', is a must read for all those who want to understand the world we live in.

Shows just how dumbed down American news media has become
Here is another compendium of news stories that were under-reported (or un-reported) by the mainstream news media.

Did you know that over 20,000 private companies are working with the FBI to collect and provide information on other Americans? According to a prestigious British polling group, the civilian death toll in Iraq since the 2003 invasion has topped the 1 million mark. The US Treasury Department now has the authority to seize the assets of anyone who is perceived to, directly or indirectly, threaten US operations in the Middle East (which could mean almost anyone). The American Psychological Association has been complicit in CIA torture. The No Child Left Behind Act has become a huge bonanza in the world of corporate profiteering.

At least nine billion dollars in cash have been unaccounted for since the early days of the Iraq occupation. Today, there are 27 million slaves in the world, more than at any other time in world history. They are not just in the Third World, but also in the developed world. Elliot Spitzer was not removed from office because of "personal indiscretions." He was target of a Wall Street and White House operation to silence an increasingly vocal critic of their handling of what became the present financial crisis.

It seems that there just was not enough air time or newspaper space for these stories, but there was abundant space for Lindsay Lohan, Brad and Angelina, Jessica Simpson, Alec Baldwin and David Hasselhoff. This book also explores the media coverage of the Military Commissions Act, healthcare and the 2008 campaign, American media bias against the lawfully elected Hamas Government in Gaza, the marketing of Gardasil as a "cure" for cancer, when it really isn't, Winter Soldier and the Pentagon's targeting of young people (including children).

This is an excellent book that shows just how "dumbed down" American news media has become. It is eye-opening reading and is highly recommended.