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Censored 2008 The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2006-07

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ISBN-10: 1583227725

ISBN-13: 9781583227725

Edition: 2007

Authors: Andrew Roth, Project Censored Staff, John Jonik, Dennis Loo, Peter Phillips

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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 highlights the year's twenty-five most important underreported news stories, alerting readers to 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…    
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Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Publication date: 9/4/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English

Peter Phillips is the director of Project Censored & an associate professor of sociology at Sonoma State University. Phillips writes op-ed pieces in the alternative press & independent newspapers nationwide. He frequently speaks on media censorship & various sociopolitical issues on radio & TV talk shows, including "Talk of the Nation", "Public Interest", "Talk America", "Democracy Now!", & the "Jim Hightower Show".

Dedication: To Molly Evins
"When the Lights Went Out"
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Top Censored Stories of 2005 and 2006
No Habeas Corpus for "Any Person"
Bush Moves Toward Martial Law
AFRICOM: US Military Control of Africa's Resources
Frenzy of Increasingly Destructive Trade Agreements
Human Traffic Builds US Embassy in Iraq
Operation Falcon Raids
Behind Blackwater Inc.
KIA: The US Neoliberal Invasion of India
Privatization of America's Infrastructure
Vulture Funds Threaten Poor Nations' Debt Relief
The Scam of "Reconstruction" in Afghanistan
Another Massacre in Haiti by UN Troops
Immigrant Roundups to Gain Cheap Labor for US Corporate Giants
Impunity for US War Criminals
Toxic Exposure Can Be Transmitted to Future Generations on a "Second Genetic Code"
No Hard Evidence Connecting Bin Laden to 9/11
Drinking Water Contaminated by Military and Corporations
Mexico's Stolen Election
People's Movement Challenges Neoliberal Agenda
Terror Act Against Animal Activists
US Seeks WTO Immunity for Illegal Farm Payments
North Invades Mexico
Feinstein's Conflict of Interest in Iraq
Media Misquotes Threat from Iran's President
Who Will Profit from Native Energy?
Censored 2008 Honorable Mentions
Censored Deja Vu: What Happened to Previous Censored Stories
Including
Steven E. Jones on the 9/11 Official Story
Josh Mitteldorf on Voter Fraud
Bill Gibbons on Mumia Abu Jamal
Junk Food News and News Abuse
Signs of Hope: Stories of Action and Change We Didn't Hear about in 2006 and 2007
Into the Labyrinth: Perspectives from the 2007 National Conference for Media Reform, Memphis
Corporate Media Bias and the Case of the Cuban Five
Left Progressive Media Inside the Propaganda Model
Covering War's Victims: A Content Analysis of Iraq and Afghanistan War Photographs in the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle
An Epidemic of Fake TV Gets Swept Under the Carpet
Fear and Favor 2006: Institutionalizing Conflict of Interest
The Right to Blog: Index on Censorship Annual Report
Promising Practices to Protect Children from the Increasing Power of Big Media
The Media Spectacle of Alienated Youth
Perception Management: Media & Mass Consciousness in an Age of Misinformation
Index
About the Editors
How to Support Project Censored