Even more than its predecessors, censored 2012 makes for highly engaging and informative reading. The project censored show is a weekly public affairs program that discusses independent journalism, media censorship, deconstructing propaganda, and supporting a truly free press. The top censored stories and media analysis of 20182019. A free press exists for the sake of the community and the country it abides in. The project works to allow users to contribute quality articles and media files to the encyclopedia and track their progress as they are developed. Brian dolinar reported for truthout that a judge has approved a 2015 lawsuit against 232 illinois department of corrections officers to proceed to the discovery phase. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The project censored team researched the board members of 10 major media organizations from newspaper. Project censored celebrates 40 years as media watchdog. Project censored specializes in covering the top stories which were subjected to media censorship either by being ignored or downplayed by the mainstream media each year. The top censored stories and media analysis of 2012. Project censored 2015 news that didnt make the news. The rate of decline also accelerated drastically, with the global average score suffering its largest oneyear drop in a decade. The top 10 censored stories of 2016 by paul rosenberg and terelle jerricks throughout its 40year history, project censored has covered a.
The most censored news stories of the past year project censored. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Susan rahman susan rahman is a lecturer in sociology at college of marin and a project censored faculty affiliate researcher and contributor. The groups stated mission is to educate students and the public about the importance of a truly free press for democratic selfgovernment. The program is an extension of the work project censored began in 1976 celebrating independent journalism while fighting media censorship and supporting a truly free. Project censoreds codirector andy lee roth is mickeys guest, and their topic is the new edition of project censoreds annual book, censored 2020. The top censored stories and media analysis of 20 2014 kindle edition by bendib, khalil, huff, mickey, roth, andy lee, nader, ralph. Every year since 1976, project censored, our nations oldest newsmonitoring groupa universitywide project at sonoma state university founded by carl jensen, directed for many years by peter phillips, and now under the leadership of mickey huffhas produced a top25 list of underreported news stories and a book, censored, dedicated to the stories that ought to be top features on the.
Ending the reign of junk food news takes an indepth look at what is wrong with the news media in the u. Project censored explores the inner workings of mainstream media in the united statesa media which is often claimed as a free press in a democratic society. Through an innovative approach to constructive media criticism, we hope to encourage print and broadcast journalism to devote more time and space to real news and less time and space to what i call junkfood news. To participate, please visit the project page for more information. Mickey huff is cohost of the project censored show with former project censored director dr. Sharon jimenez sharon jimenez is a longtime television journalist. The movie explores media censorship in our society by exposing important stories that corporate media fails to reportunder report. Mickey huff and peter phillips talk about the top stories neglected by the. In the truth emergency section, scholars and journalists take a critical look at the usnato militaryindustrialmedia empire. Thats the perspective that has informed project censored from the beginning, more than 40 years ago.
Twenty years of project censored by carl jensen alibris. Censored 2015 features the top25 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 indepth analysis. Then, in the wake of jeffrey epsteins death, whitney webb shares the information shes gathered. Publication date 2006 topics 911, censored, deceptions, project censored, phillips, peter phillips, news publisher snowshoefilms. Download project censored project censored overview of. The top censored stories and media analysis of 20 2014. C this article has been rated as cclass on the projects quality scale. Project censored, founded in 1976 by carl jensen at sonoma state university, has as its principal.
Project censored listen to podcasts on demand free tunein. Project censored has trained over 2,500 students in media literacy and has received numerous honors, including two firecracker alternative book awards, the 2008 pen oakland national literary censorship award, and in 20 became part of the national coalition against censorship learn more about this resource. Media censorship top censored media stories of 2015. For 40 years now, project censored has been guided by a conception of free speech and censorship based on a civic responsibility, rather than an individual one, and from the perspective of the audience, rather than the speaker. Twentyfirstcentury fascism project censored censored 2016. Using the media watchdog group, project censored, as their road map, two fathers from. With nora barrowsfriedman, khalil bendib, nora burrowsfriedman, noam chomsky. The official project censored show on apple podcasts.
Throughout its 40year history, project censored has covered a lot of. A 32 vote by the fcc opened a fourmonth window for formal public comments on how strict those rules should. The top censored stories and media analysis of 20 2014 huff, mickey, roth, andy lee, project censored, bendib, khalil, nader, ralph on. Begun by carl jensen, a sociology professor at sonoma state university shortly after watergate in 1976, its become an institution involving dozens of faculty members and institutions working together to come up with an annual list of the top 25. Peter phillips describes project censored and some of the reasons why 911 and other censored stories remain unkown by most americans. To find the top media censorship stories of any year from 2003 to present, click here. Project censored the news that didnt make news is out with censored 2016. This acclaimed book by project censored is available at in several formats for your ereader. Project censored is an american nonprofit media watchdog organization. We are project censored and after 40 years of creating an annual book showcasing media censorship we are bringing the fight to your ears and eyes. A secret nsa program codenamed auroragold spied on friendly countries and hundreds of companies. It is currently housed at diablo valley college in pleasant hill, california. The project censored show is a weekly public affairs program that airs fridays from 12 p.
Free partly free not free fotn 20142015 score changes11111111111111 tary on issues ranging from hong kong prodemocracy. It is also the top story of project censored, an annual book and reporting. Project censoreds annual effort is a sharp and extremely valuable reminder that the united statesawash in the worlds greatest array of information technologyis starved for the real news and information that makes a difference in peoples lives. Project censored is a media watchdog group and is the solution to corporate medias failure to give the american public real news and information. Frequently censored topics freedom on the net freedom on the net 2015. The draft 1203 big media myths project censored 1998 selfcensorship and the homogeneity of the media elite this communication revolution is brought to you by u. The top 25 stories you probably missed this year, 1119. This weeks program is an overview of the biases and dangers of corporate media. Turse, nick, a secret war in 5 countries, tomdispatch, 2015. Project censored sets the standard for the fourth estate, shedding light on important stories that.
Mickey discusses 911 censorship in the alternative and corporate media, election fraud, project censoreds organizational mission and their 2011 book. The groups work has also expanded even further recently with the 2015 launch of the global critical media literacy project, a higher. College students can enroll in a project censored course and from there learn to become citizen journalists and uncover the real news that our society needs to become an informed electorate. Summary of project censored results for the year with links to full stories. Throughout its 40year history, project censored has covered a lot of ground that the corporate mainstream media has missed. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading censored 2015.
By project censored and mickey huff and andy lee roth. A pair of 2015 memos from former attorney general eric holder to the department of. Information is the currency of democracy, ralph nader, the prominent consumer advocate and manytime presidential candidate, wrote in his foreword to this years project censored 2015. Project censored the news that didnt make the news and why. Mark crispin miller discussed the state of the american free press, which has come to be dominated by corrupt state and corporate interests, including the cia and nsa, which often distort and even outright lie about news events, keeping the american. Project censored was founded by carl jensen to expose censorship in propaganda and mass media. Project censored is now an international media research project in its th year.
Unfortunately, carl jensen after 20 years is retiring from project censored. Project censored podcast on demand mickey huff is cohost of the project censored show with former project censored director dr. The stories were collected by project censored, a media research program that advocates for the power of the free press in the united states. Instead what is revealed is a widespread and systemically entrenched culture of censorship and omission throughout the corporate media, as well as a gripping control over media content by. Explores and publicizes censorship in our society by locating important stories about which the public should be aware but is not, for one reason or another. As censored 2015 went to press, the federal communications commission fcc had just publicly revealed its proposed new rules for internet traffic. Project censored cites a single september 2015 story by mnar muhawesh for mintpress news, but that story cites others as well, notably an august 20 story in the guardian by nafeez ahmed. Censorship is anything that interferes with the free flow of information in a society that purports to uphold free press principles. The presentation of the 20142015 top 25 stories extends the tradition originated by professor carl jensen and his sonoma state university. From these, project censored compiles an annual list of 25 news stories of social significance that have been overlooked, underreported or selfcensored by the countrys major national news media. The fukushima, japan nuclear meltdown continues despite claims. Freedom of the press 2015, the latest edition of an annual report published by freedom house since 1980, found that global press freedom declined in 2014 to its lowest point in more than 10 years. Project censored is a media research, education, and advocacy initiative started at sonoma state university in 1976. Phil donahue is a pioneering tv talk show host and long time free press activist.