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Censored 2010 The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2008-2009

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ISBN-10: 158322890X

ISBN-13: 9781583228906

Edition: 2009

Authors: Project Censored, Peter Phillips, Dahr Jamail, Mickey Huffman, Khalil Bendib

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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Publication date: 10/6/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

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.

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".

Dahr Jamail's reporting from Iraq has been published in newspapers and magazine worldwide. He has appeared on Democracy Now! as a regular guest, as well as BBC, Pacifia Radio, and numerous other networks.

Preface
Introduction
The Top Censored Stories of 2008 and 2009
Introduction: Die, Newspapers Die: The dailies really died a generation ago, and now their corpses are following suit
US Congress Sells Out to Wall Street
US Schools are More Segregated Today than in the 1950s
Toxic Waste Behind Somali Pirates
Nuclear Waste Pools in North Carolina
Europe Blocks US Toxic Products
Business Booms for Lobbyists
Obama's Military Appointments Have Corrupt Past
Bailed-Out Banks and America's Wealthiest Cheat IRS Out of Billions
US Arms Used for War Crimes in Gaza
Ecuador Declares Foreign Debt Illegitimate
Private Corporations Profit from the Occupation of Palestine
Mysterious Death of Mike Connell-Karl Rove's Election Thief
Katrina's Hidden Race War
Congress Invested in Defense Contracts
World Bank's Carbon Trade Fiasco
US Repression of Haiti Continues
The ICC Facilitates US Covert War in Sudan
Ecuador's Constitutional Rights of Nature
Bank Bailout Recipients Spent to Defeat Labor
Secret Control of the Presidential Debates
Recession Causes States to Cut Welfare
Obama's Trilateral Commission Team
Activists Slam World Water Forum as a Corporate-Driven Fraud
Dollar Glut Finances US Military Expansion
Fast Track Oil Exploitation in Western Amazon
Censored 2010 Honorable Mentions
Censored Deja vu: What Happened to Previous Censored Stories
Infotainment Society: Junk Food News and News Abuse for 2008/2009
Signs of Health: Stories of Hope and Change from 2008 and 2009
Truth Emergency: Inside the Military-Industrial Media Empire
Lying About War: Deliberate Propaganda and Spin by the Pentagon
Fear & Favor: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
Index on Censorship
The Hyperrealilty of a Failing Corporate Media System
Analysis of Project Censored: Are We a Left-Leaning, Conspiracy-Oriented Organization?
Election 2008: Vanishing Votes, Disappearing Democracy, and Media Misdirection
Expanding Investigative Research for Independent Media and Human Betterment
No "Pretty Woman": Human Trafficking and Domestic Prostitution Reconsidered
Water as Commodity or Commons? Issues from the 2009 World Water Forum
Lesbian and Gay Standpoint Films
Acknowledgments
About the Editors
How to Support Project Censored
Index