TOP 25 CENSORED NEWS STORIES OF 2008 "The New American Censorship"
A Talk by Peter Phillips Director of Project Censored Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University, California **************************************************************** Sunday, January 4th, - 2:00 PM Venice United Methodist Church Peace & Justice Hall 2210 Lincoln Blvd., Venice 90291 (Corner of Lincoln & Victoria) Music by Stephen Longfellow Fiske Hosted by Frank Dorrel $5 Donation at the Door For More Information contact Frank Dorrel: 310-838-8131 Email: fdor...@addictedtowar.com Project Censored The News That Didn't Make the News www.projectcensored.org <http://www.projectcensored.org/> CENSORED 2009 Books Will be on Sale at this Event Top 25 Censored Stories for 2009 * #1. <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/1-over-one-million-iraq i-deaths-caused-by-us-occupation/> Over One Million Iraqi Deaths Caused by US Occupation * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/2-security-and-prosperi ty-partnership-militarized-nafta/> 2 Security and Prosperity Partnership: Militarized NAFTA * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/3-infragard-the-fbi-dep utizes-business/> 3 InfraGard: The FBI Deputizes Business * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/4-ilea-is-the-us-restar ting-dirty-wars-in-latin-america/> 4 ILEA: Is the US Restarting Dirty Wars in Latin America? * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/5-seizing-war-protester s-assets/> 5 Seizing War Protesters' Assets * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/6-the-homegrown-terrori sm-prevention-act/> 6 The Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/7-guest-workers-inc-fra ud-and-human-trafficking/> 7 Guest Workers Inc.: Fraud and Human Trafficking * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/8-executive-orders-can- be-changed-secretly/> 8 Executive Orders Can Be Changed Secretly * #9 <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/9-iraq-and-afghanistan- vets-testify/> Iraq and Afghanistan Vets Testify * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/10-apa-complicit-in-cia -torture/> 10 APA Complicit in CIA Torture * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/11-el-salvadors-water-p rivatization-and-the-global-war-on-terror/> 11 El Salvador's Water Privatization and the Global War on Terror * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/12-bush-profiteers-coll ect-billions-from-no-child-left-behind/> 12 Bush Profiteers Collect Billions From No Child Left Behind * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/13-tracking-billions-of -dollars-lost-in-iraq/> 13 Tracking Billions of Dollars Lost in Iraq * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/14-mainstreaming-nuclea r-waste/> 14 Mainstreaming Nuclear Waste * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/15-worldwide-slavery/> 15 Worldwide Slavery * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/16-annual-survey-on-tra de-union-rights/> 16 Annual Survey on Trade Union Rights * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/17-uns-empty-declaratio n-of-indigenous-rights/> 17 UN's Empty Declaration of Indigenous Rights * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/18-cruelty-and-death-in -juvenile-detention-centers/> 18 Cruelty and Death in Juvenile Detention Centers * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/19-indigenous-herders-a nd-small-farmers-fight-livestock-extinction/> 19 Indigenous Herders and Small Farmers Fight Livestock Extinction * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/20-marijuana-arrests-se t-new-record/> 20 Marijuana Arrests Set New Record * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/21-nato-considers-first -strike-nuclear-option/> 21 NATO Considers "First Strike" Nuclear Option * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/22-care-rejects-us-food -aid/> 22 CARE Rejects US Food Aid * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/23-fda-complicit-in-pus hing-pharmaceutical-drugs/> 23 FDA Complicit in Pushing Pharmaceutical Drugs * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/24-japan-questions-9-11 -and-the-global-war-on-terror/> 24 Japan Questions 9/11 and the Global War on Terror * # <http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/25-bushs-real-problem-w ith-eliot-spitzer/> 25 Bush's Real Problem with Eliot Spitzer About PROJECT CENSORED Founded by Carl Jensen in 1976, Project Censored is a media research program working in cooperation with numerous independent media groups in the US. Project Censored's principle objective is training of SSU students in media research and First Amendment issues and the advocacy for, and protection of, free press rights in the United States. Project Censored has trained over 1,500 students in investigative research in the past three decades. Through a partnership of faculty, students, and the community, Project Censored conducts research on important national news stories that are underreported, ignored, misrepresented, or censored by the US corporate media. Each year, Project Censored publishes a ranking of the top 25 most censored nationally important news stories in the yearbook, Censored: Media Democracy in Action, which is released in September. Recent Censored books have been published in Spanish, Italian and Arabic. The Project works in cooperation with SSU academic classes Sociology of Media and Sociology of Censorship, where students earn credit for their research and participate in writing the annual yearbook. Additionally, Project Censored sponsors and supervises over 60 student interns a year who do in depth investigative research, sponsor campus events and speakers, and organize an annual national Media Accountability Conference. Students also participate in writing the Project Censored quarterly newsletter (circulation 9,000) and assist with maintaining the Project Censored website <http://www.projectcensored.org> www.projectcensored.org, which receives over a million views a month from all over the world. Between 700 and 1000 stories are submitted to Project Censored each year from journalists, scholars, librarians, and concerned citizens around the world. With the help of more than 200 Sonoma State University faculty, students, and community members, Project Censored reviews the story submissions for coverage, content, reliability of sources and national significance. The university community selects 25 stories to submit to the Project Censored panel of judges who then rank them in order of importance. Current or previous national judges include: Noam Chomsky, Susan Faludi, George Gerbner, Sut Jhally, Frances Moore Lappe, Michael Parenti, Herbert I. Schiller, Barbara Seaman, Erna Smith, Mike Wallace and Howard Zinn. All 25 stories are featured in the yearbook, Censored: The News That Didn't Make the News. Project Censored is administered through the SSU Sociology Department with financial support from the SSU Instructionally Related Activity Fund, School of Social Science, Media Freedom Foundation Inc. and donations from thousands of supporters around the country. "Project censored is one of the organizations that we should listen to, to be assured that our newspapers and our broadcast outlets are practicing thorough and ethical journalism." - Walter Cronkite For More Information contact Frank Dorrel: 310-838-8131 Email: fdor...@addictedtowar.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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