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26th December 2014, 07:27 PM
A Note on Research and Evaluation of Censored News Stories (http://www.projectcensored.org/note-research-evaluation-censored-news-stories/)
How do we at Project Censored identify and evaluate independent news stories, and how do we know that the Top 25 stories that we bring forward each year are not only relevant and significant, but also trustworthy? The answer is that each candidate news story undergoes rigorous review, which takes place in multiple stages during […]
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Censored 2015 Honorable Mentions (http://www.projectcensored.org/censored-2015-honorable-mentions/)
Corporate Media Sources on Syrian Crisis Tied to Defense and Intelligence Industries The debate of whether or not America should militarily intervene in Syria was widely covered by corporate American news outlets for several weeks in August and September 2013. This public discourse took place in major news outlets including CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, Bloomberg, […]
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25. “Chaptered Out”: US Military Seeks to Balance Budget on Backs of Disabled Veterans (http://www.projectcensored.org/25-chaptered-us-military-seeks-balance-budget-backs-disabled-veterans/)
The US military has been engaged in a policy of forcing wounded and disabled veterans out of service to avoid paying benefits and to make room for new able-bodied recruits. Identifying injured combat soldiers as delinquent and negligent has lead to a practice called “chaptering out” which results in those soldiers being forced to leave […]
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24. Restorative Justice Turns Violent Schools Around (http://www.projectcensored.org/24-restorative-justice-turns-violent-schools-around/)
Last year when American Paradigm Schools took over Philadelphia’s infamous, failing John Paul Jones Middle School, they did something a lot of people would find inconceivable. Rather than beef up the already heavy security to ensure safety and restore order, American Paradigm stripped it away. During renovations, they removed both metal detectors and barred windows. […]
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23. Number of US Prison Inmates Serving Life Sentences Hits New Record (http://www.projectcensored.org/23-number-us-prison-inmates-serving-life-sentences-hits-new-record/)
A report released by the Sentencing Project, a Washington DC–based nonprofit criminal justice advocacy group, revealed that the number of prisoners serving life sentences in the US state and federal prisons reached a new record of close to 160,000 in 2012. Of these, 49,000 are serving life without possibility of parole, an increase of 22.2 […]
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22. Corporate News Media Understate Rape, Sexual Violence (http://www.projectcensored.org/22-corporate-news-media-understate-rape-sexual-violence/)
Media analysts observe how journalists refrain from using the word “rape” to describe incidents of sexual assault. Instead, news outlets downplay the humiliation and cruelty entailed in these acts by referring to them as “sex crimes,” “inappropriate sexual activity,” or “forced sex,” even though such acts are legally recognized as “rape.” “‘Rape,’ along with the […]
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21. Questioning the Charter School Hype (http://www.projectcensored.org/21-questioning-charter-school-hype/)
Charter schools have been heralded as the antidote to “failed” public schools, especially in poor urban communities of African-American and Latino/a students. Politicians and celebrities alike now advocate charters schools and preside over their openings. However, as Salon, AlterNet, and other independent media outlets have reported, charter schools have come under fire for not fulfilling […]
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20. Estonia a Global Example of E-Government, Digital Freedom, Privacy, and Security (http://www.projectcensored.org/20-estonia-global-example-e-government-digital-freedom-privacy-security/)
Since Estonia regained independence in 1991, its government has sought to redesign the nation’s entire information infrastructure with goals of openness, privacy, and security. The technology platform that Estonia built to serve its citizens sets an example for the rest of the world. Each citizen has one identification number to use across all systems, from paper […]
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19. Agribusiness Giants Attempt to Silence and Discredit Scientists Whose Research Reveals Herbicides’ Health Threats (http://www.projectcensored.org/19-agribusiness-giants-attempt-silence-discredit-scientists-whose-research-reveals-herbicides-health-threats/)
Independent journalists, including E. Ann Clark, James Corbett, Rachel Aviv, and Democracy Now!, document how Big Agriculture giants Monsanto and Syngenta have attempted to silence the findings and destroy the reputations of scientists whose research shows that the companies’ herbicides pose serious threats to human health. In September 2012, Dr. Gilles-Éric Séralini published research findings […]
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18. National Database of Police Killings Aims for Accountability (http://www.projectcensored.org/18-national-database-police-killings-aims-accountability/)
Although the Federal Bureau of Investigation tracks how many police officers die in the line of duty, it keeps no such record for how many civilians are killed by police each year. Recognizing a significant gap in the public records of civilian deaths at the hands of law enforcement officers, D. Brian Burghart, the editor […]
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17. 2016 Will Find Gaza out of Drinking Water (http://www.projectcensored.org/17-2016-will-find-gaza-drinking-water/)
In Gaza, 1.7 million Palestinians currently live without clean drinking water. With no perennial streams and low rainfall, Gaza relies on a single aquifer for all of its fresh water. The coastal aquifer, Zander Swinburne reported, is contaminated with sewage, chemicals, and seawater. The Palestinian Water Authority recently determined that 95 percent of the water […]
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16. The Beef Industry’s “Feedlot Feedback Loop” (http://www.projectcensored.org/16-beef-industrys-feedlot-feedback-loop/)
The beef industry increasingly feeds cattle “poultry litter,” scraped from chicken coop floors, a practice that, as Brad Jacobson reported for OnEarth, “risks the spread of mad cow disease—yet the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] has done nothing to stop it.” After a string of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (“mad cow disease”) scares in the 1980s […]
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15. Reporting Miscarriages, Criminalizing Pregnant Women’s Bodies (http://www.projectcensored.org/15-reporting-miscarriages-criminalizing-pregnant-womens-bodies/)
A proposed bill before the Kansas state legislature would require women to report miscarriages at any stage in pregnancy. This has been described as the first step along the path to criminalizing pregnant women’s bodies. Under an amendment attached to House Bill 2613, doctors would be required to report all of their patients’ miscarriages to […]
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14. Accumulating Evidence of Ongoing Wireless Technology Health Hazards (http://www.projectcensored.org/14-accumulating-evidence-ongoing-wireless-technology-health-hazards/)
Wireless phones emit radio-frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs) when in use. In May 2011, after the consideration of laboratory studies, studies of long-term use of wireless phones, and data on the incidence of brain tumors, the World Health Organization (WHO) determined RF-EMFs to be a “possible” human carcinogen. Other studies have shown an association between long-term […]
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13. Lawsuit Challenges Nuclear Power Industry Immunity from Liability in Nuclear Accidents (http://www.projectcensored.org/13-lawsuit-challenges-nuclear-power-industry-immunity-liability-nuclear-accidents/)
A lawsuit filed by lawyers on behalf of 1,415 plaintiffs, including 38 residents of Fukushima and 357 persons from outside Japan, holds not only the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) but also Toshiba, Hitachi, and General Electric responsible for the 2011 meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Historically, manufacturers and operators of nuclear […]
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12. Pentagon Awash in Money Despite Serious Audit Problems (http://www.projectcensored.org/12-pentagon-awash-money-despite-serious-audit-problems/)
Congress is expanding the Pentagon’s 2014 budget by $32 billion. The Pentagon currently receives over $600 billion, when its current budget is combined with supplemental war funding. One out of every five US tax dollars is spent on defense, cumulatively more than the total of the next ten countries’ defense budgets combined. Where does the […]
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11. Wealthy Donors and Corporations Set Think Tanks’ Agendas (http://www.projectcensored.org/11-wealthy-donors-corporations-set-think-tanks-agendas/)
Think tanks provide information and analysis to policy makers and the public, making them increasingly influential institutions in our political process. However, many think tanks—including the Brookings Institution, Heritage Foundation, American Enterprise Institute, Cato Institute, and the RAND Corporation, among others—receive significant financial backing from extremely wealthy corporations and/or individuals. Because the law does not […]
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10. World Health Organization Suppresses Report on Iraqi Cancers and Birth Defects (http://www.projectcensored.org/10-world-health-organization-suppresses-report-iraqi-cancers-birth-defects/)
In contradiction with its own mandate, the World Health Organization (WHO) continues to suppress evidence uncovered in Iraq that US military use of depleted uranium (DU) and other weapons have not only killed many civilians but are also the cause of an epidemic of birth defects and other public health issues. By refusing to release […]
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9. US Media Hypocrisy in Covering Ukraine Crisis (http://www.projectcensored.org/9-us-media-hypocrisy-covering-ukraine-crisis/)
Russia’s occupation of Crimea has caused US corporate media and government officials to call for a stern US response. Secretary of State John Kerry declaimed the Russian intervention as “a nineteenth-century act in the twenty-first century.” What Russia’s US critics seem to forget, Robert Parry reported, is the United States’ own history of overthrowing democratic […]
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8. Corporate News Ignores Connections Between Extreme Weather and Global Warming (http://www.projectcensored.org/8-corporate-news-ignores-connections-extreme-weather-global-warming/)
As extreme weather becomes increasingly common, it has received a fair share of coverage during network news broadcasts. Often missing from these reports, however, is any mention of climate change and its connection to extreme weather events. As Peter Hart reported for Extra!, the nightly news covers extreme weather events as unusual and newsworthy, but […]
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7. FBI Dismisses Murder Plot against Occupy Leaders as NSA and Big Business Cracks Down on Dissent (http://www.projectcensored.org/7-fbi-dismisses-murder-plot-occupy-leaders-nsa-big-business-cracks-dissent/)
In October 2011, when the Occupy movement arrived in Houston, protesters were subject to local and federal surveillance, infiltration by police provocateurs, and police assault. Months later, Dave Lindorff reported for WhoWhatWhy, a document obtained in December 2012 from the Houston FBI office shows that the agency was aware of a plot to assassinate Occupy […]
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6. The Deep State: Government “without Reference to the Consent of the Governed” (http://www.projectcensored.org/6-deep-state-government-without-reference-consent-governed/)
It is no secret that concerned citizens are condemning the United States government’s lack of transparency, accountability, and honest constituent representation. Reporting for Moyers & Company, Mike Lofgren, a congressional staff member for twenty-eight years specializing in national security, addressed the issue of the “deep state” that undemocratically orchestrates unchecked private agendas, while corporate media […]
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5. Bankers Back on Wall Street Despite Major Crimes (http://www.projectcensored.org/5-bankers-back-wall-street-despite-major-crimes/)
A story spanning a decade has come to an unfortunate yet unsurprising end. Three former General Electric bankers—Dominick Carollo, Steven Goldberg, and Peter Grimm—had been convicted in 2012 for rigging auctions of municipal bonds, essentially stealing from projects intended to build public schools, hospitals, libraries, and nursing homes in virtually every US state. However, in […]
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4. Corporate Internet Providers Threaten Net Neutrality (http://www.projectcensored.org/4-corporate-internet-providers-threaten-net-neutrality/)
As Censored 2015 went to press, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had just publicly revealed its proposed new rules for Internet traffic. A 3–2 vote by the FCC opened a four-month window for formal public comments on how strict those rules should be, and galvanized corporate media attention on the issue of net neutrality. By […]
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3. WikiLeaks Revelations on Trans-Pacific Partnership Ignored by Corporate Media (http://www.projectcensored.org/3-wikileaks-revelations-trans-pacific-partnership-ignored-corporate-media/)
On November 13, 2013, WikiLeaks published a section of a trade agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty, or TPP. On the surface, the treaty is meant to facilitate trade among Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States, and Vietnam. However, there are a number of red flags surrounding […]
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2. Top Ten US Aid Recipients All Practice Torture (http://www.projectcensored.org/2-top-ten-us-aid-recipients-practice-torture/)
The top ten nations slated to receive US foreign assistance in fiscal year 2014 all practice torture and are responsible for major human rights abuses, Daniel Wickham has reported. Wickham based this conclusion on a combination of projected foreign assistance figures from a January 2013 report by the Congressional Research Service, and from findings on […]
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1. Ocean Acidification Increasing at Unprecedented Rate (http://www.projectcensored.org/1-ocean-acidification-increasing-unprecedented-rate/)
It’s well known that burning fossil fuels in the form of coal, oil, and natural gas releases carbon dioxide (CO2) into the air. Less understood is that a quarter of this carbon dioxide—about twenty trillion pounds, every year—is absorbed by oceans. Writing for the Seattle Times Craig Welch invited us to “imagine every person on […]
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How do we at Project Censored identify and evaluate independent news stories, and how do we know that the Top 25 stories that we bring forward each year are not only relevant and significant, but also trustworthy? The answer is that each candidate news story undergoes rigorous review, which takes place in multiple stages during […]
Continue Reading… (http://www.projectcensored.org/note-research-evaluation-censored-news-stories/)
Censored 2015 Honorable Mentions (http://www.projectcensored.org/censored-2015-honorable-mentions/)
Corporate Media Sources on Syrian Crisis Tied to Defense and Intelligence Industries The debate of whether or not America should militarily intervene in Syria was widely covered by corporate American news outlets for several weeks in August and September 2013. This public discourse took place in major news outlets including CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, Bloomberg, […]
Continue Reading… (http://www.projectcensored.org/censored-2015-honorable-mentions/)
25. “Chaptered Out”: US Military Seeks to Balance Budget on Backs of Disabled Veterans (http://www.projectcensored.org/25-chaptered-us-military-seeks-balance-budget-backs-disabled-veterans/)
The US military has been engaged in a policy of forcing wounded and disabled veterans out of service to avoid paying benefits and to make room for new able-bodied recruits. Identifying injured combat soldiers as delinquent and negligent has lead to a practice called “chaptering out” which results in those soldiers being forced to leave […]
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24. Restorative Justice Turns Violent Schools Around (http://www.projectcensored.org/24-restorative-justice-turns-violent-schools-around/)
Last year when American Paradigm Schools took over Philadelphia’s infamous, failing John Paul Jones Middle School, they did something a lot of people would find inconceivable. Rather than beef up the already heavy security to ensure safety and restore order, American Paradigm stripped it away. During renovations, they removed both metal detectors and barred windows. […]
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23. Number of US Prison Inmates Serving Life Sentences Hits New Record (http://www.projectcensored.org/23-number-us-prison-inmates-serving-life-sentences-hits-new-record/)
A report released by the Sentencing Project, a Washington DC–based nonprofit criminal justice advocacy group, revealed that the number of prisoners serving life sentences in the US state and federal prisons reached a new record of close to 160,000 in 2012. Of these, 49,000 are serving life without possibility of parole, an increase of 22.2 […]
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22. Corporate News Media Understate Rape, Sexual Violence (http://www.projectcensored.org/22-corporate-news-media-understate-rape-sexual-violence/)
Media analysts observe how journalists refrain from using the word “rape” to describe incidents of sexual assault. Instead, news outlets downplay the humiliation and cruelty entailed in these acts by referring to them as “sex crimes,” “inappropriate sexual activity,” or “forced sex,” even though such acts are legally recognized as “rape.” “‘Rape,’ along with the […]
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21. Questioning the Charter School Hype (http://www.projectcensored.org/21-questioning-charter-school-hype/)
Charter schools have been heralded as the antidote to “failed” public schools, especially in poor urban communities of African-American and Latino/a students. Politicians and celebrities alike now advocate charters schools and preside over their openings. However, as Salon, AlterNet, and other independent media outlets have reported, charter schools have come under fire for not fulfilling […]
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20. Estonia a Global Example of E-Government, Digital Freedom, Privacy, and Security (http://www.projectcensored.org/20-estonia-global-example-e-government-digital-freedom-privacy-security/)
Since Estonia regained independence in 1991, its government has sought to redesign the nation’s entire information infrastructure with goals of openness, privacy, and security. The technology platform that Estonia built to serve its citizens sets an example for the rest of the world. Each citizen has one identification number to use across all systems, from paper […]
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19. Agribusiness Giants Attempt to Silence and Discredit Scientists Whose Research Reveals Herbicides’ Health Threats (http://www.projectcensored.org/19-agribusiness-giants-attempt-silence-discredit-scientists-whose-research-reveals-herbicides-health-threats/)
Independent journalists, including E. Ann Clark, James Corbett, Rachel Aviv, and Democracy Now!, document how Big Agriculture giants Monsanto and Syngenta have attempted to silence the findings and destroy the reputations of scientists whose research shows that the companies’ herbicides pose serious threats to human health. In September 2012, Dr. Gilles-Éric Séralini published research findings […]
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18. National Database of Police Killings Aims for Accountability (http://www.projectcensored.org/18-national-database-police-killings-aims-accountability/)
Although the Federal Bureau of Investigation tracks how many police officers die in the line of duty, it keeps no such record for how many civilians are killed by police each year. Recognizing a significant gap in the public records of civilian deaths at the hands of law enforcement officers, D. Brian Burghart, the editor […]
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17. 2016 Will Find Gaza out of Drinking Water (http://www.projectcensored.org/17-2016-will-find-gaza-drinking-water/)
In Gaza, 1.7 million Palestinians currently live without clean drinking water. With no perennial streams and low rainfall, Gaza relies on a single aquifer for all of its fresh water. The coastal aquifer, Zander Swinburne reported, is contaminated with sewage, chemicals, and seawater. The Palestinian Water Authority recently determined that 95 percent of the water […]
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16. The Beef Industry’s “Feedlot Feedback Loop” (http://www.projectcensored.org/16-beef-industrys-feedlot-feedback-loop/)
The beef industry increasingly feeds cattle “poultry litter,” scraped from chicken coop floors, a practice that, as Brad Jacobson reported for OnEarth, “risks the spread of mad cow disease—yet the Food and Drug Administration [FDA] has done nothing to stop it.” After a string of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (“mad cow disease”) scares in the 1980s […]
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15. Reporting Miscarriages, Criminalizing Pregnant Women’s Bodies (http://www.projectcensored.org/15-reporting-miscarriages-criminalizing-pregnant-womens-bodies/)
A proposed bill before the Kansas state legislature would require women to report miscarriages at any stage in pregnancy. This has been described as the first step along the path to criminalizing pregnant women’s bodies. Under an amendment attached to House Bill 2613, doctors would be required to report all of their patients’ miscarriages to […]
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14. Accumulating Evidence of Ongoing Wireless Technology Health Hazards (http://www.projectcensored.org/14-accumulating-evidence-ongoing-wireless-technology-health-hazards/)
Wireless phones emit radio-frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs) when in use. In May 2011, after the consideration of laboratory studies, studies of long-term use of wireless phones, and data on the incidence of brain tumors, the World Health Organization (WHO) determined RF-EMFs to be a “possible” human carcinogen. Other studies have shown an association between long-term […]
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13. Lawsuit Challenges Nuclear Power Industry Immunity from Liability in Nuclear Accidents (http://www.projectcensored.org/13-lawsuit-challenges-nuclear-power-industry-immunity-liability-nuclear-accidents/)
A lawsuit filed by lawyers on behalf of 1,415 plaintiffs, including 38 residents of Fukushima and 357 persons from outside Japan, holds not only the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) but also Toshiba, Hitachi, and General Electric responsible for the 2011 meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Historically, manufacturers and operators of nuclear […]
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12. Pentagon Awash in Money Despite Serious Audit Problems (http://www.projectcensored.org/12-pentagon-awash-money-despite-serious-audit-problems/)
Congress is expanding the Pentagon’s 2014 budget by $32 billion. The Pentagon currently receives over $600 billion, when its current budget is combined with supplemental war funding. One out of every five US tax dollars is spent on defense, cumulatively more than the total of the next ten countries’ defense budgets combined. Where does the […]
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11. Wealthy Donors and Corporations Set Think Tanks’ Agendas (http://www.projectcensored.org/11-wealthy-donors-corporations-set-think-tanks-agendas/)
Think tanks provide information and analysis to policy makers and the public, making them increasingly influential institutions in our political process. However, many think tanks—including the Brookings Institution, Heritage Foundation, American Enterprise Institute, Cato Institute, and the RAND Corporation, among others—receive significant financial backing from extremely wealthy corporations and/or individuals. Because the law does not […]
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10. World Health Organization Suppresses Report on Iraqi Cancers and Birth Defects (http://www.projectcensored.org/10-world-health-organization-suppresses-report-iraqi-cancers-birth-defects/)
In contradiction with its own mandate, the World Health Organization (WHO) continues to suppress evidence uncovered in Iraq that US military use of depleted uranium (DU) and other weapons have not only killed many civilians but are also the cause of an epidemic of birth defects and other public health issues. By refusing to release […]
Continue Reading… (http://www.projectcensored.org/10-world-health-organization-suppresses-report-iraqi-cancers-birth-defects/)
9. US Media Hypocrisy in Covering Ukraine Crisis (http://www.projectcensored.org/9-us-media-hypocrisy-covering-ukraine-crisis/)
Russia’s occupation of Crimea has caused US corporate media and government officials to call for a stern US response. Secretary of State John Kerry declaimed the Russian intervention as “a nineteenth-century act in the twenty-first century.” What Russia’s US critics seem to forget, Robert Parry reported, is the United States’ own history of overthrowing democratic […]
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8. Corporate News Ignores Connections Between Extreme Weather and Global Warming (http://www.projectcensored.org/8-corporate-news-ignores-connections-extreme-weather-global-warming/)
As extreme weather becomes increasingly common, it has received a fair share of coverage during network news broadcasts. Often missing from these reports, however, is any mention of climate change and its connection to extreme weather events. As Peter Hart reported for Extra!, the nightly news covers extreme weather events as unusual and newsworthy, but […]
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7. FBI Dismisses Murder Plot against Occupy Leaders as NSA and Big Business Cracks Down on Dissent (http://www.projectcensored.org/7-fbi-dismisses-murder-plot-occupy-leaders-nsa-big-business-cracks-dissent/)
In October 2011, when the Occupy movement arrived in Houston, protesters were subject to local and federal surveillance, infiltration by police provocateurs, and police assault. Months later, Dave Lindorff reported for WhoWhatWhy, a document obtained in December 2012 from the Houston FBI office shows that the agency was aware of a plot to assassinate Occupy […]
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6. The Deep State: Government “without Reference to the Consent of the Governed” (http://www.projectcensored.org/6-deep-state-government-without-reference-consent-governed/)
It is no secret that concerned citizens are condemning the United States government’s lack of transparency, accountability, and honest constituent representation. Reporting for Moyers & Company, Mike Lofgren, a congressional staff member for twenty-eight years specializing in national security, addressed the issue of the “deep state” that undemocratically orchestrates unchecked private agendas, while corporate media […]
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5. Bankers Back on Wall Street Despite Major Crimes (http://www.projectcensored.org/5-bankers-back-wall-street-despite-major-crimes/)
A story spanning a decade has come to an unfortunate yet unsurprising end. Three former General Electric bankers—Dominick Carollo, Steven Goldberg, and Peter Grimm—had been convicted in 2012 for rigging auctions of municipal bonds, essentially stealing from projects intended to build public schools, hospitals, libraries, and nursing homes in virtually every US state. However, in […]
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4. Corporate Internet Providers Threaten Net Neutrality (http://www.projectcensored.org/4-corporate-internet-providers-threaten-net-neutrality/)
As Censored 2015 went to press, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had just publicly revealed its proposed new rules for Internet traffic. A 3–2 vote by the FCC opened a four-month window for formal public comments on how strict those rules should be, and galvanized corporate media attention on the issue of net neutrality. By […]
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3. WikiLeaks Revelations on Trans-Pacific Partnership Ignored by Corporate Media (http://www.projectcensored.org/3-wikileaks-revelations-trans-pacific-partnership-ignored-corporate-media/)
On November 13, 2013, WikiLeaks published a section of a trade agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty, or TPP. On the surface, the treaty is meant to facilitate trade among Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States, and Vietnam. However, there are a number of red flags surrounding […]
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2. Top Ten US Aid Recipients All Practice Torture (http://www.projectcensored.org/2-top-ten-us-aid-recipients-practice-torture/)
The top ten nations slated to receive US foreign assistance in fiscal year 2014 all practice torture and are responsible for major human rights abuses, Daniel Wickham has reported. Wickham based this conclusion on a combination of projected foreign assistance figures from a January 2013 report by the Congressional Research Service, and from findings on […]
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1. Ocean Acidification Increasing at Unprecedented Rate (http://www.projectcensored.org/1-ocean-acidification-increasing-unprecedented-rate/)
It’s well known that burning fossil fuels in the form of coal, oil, and natural gas releases carbon dioxide (CO2) into the air. Less understood is that a quarter of this carbon dioxide—about twenty trillion pounds, every year—is absorbed by oceans. Writing for the Seattle Times Craig Welch invited us to “imagine every person on […]
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