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Censored 2000 The Year's Top 25 Censored Stories

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ISBN-10: 1583220232

ISBN-13: 9781583220238

Edition: 2000

Authors: Peter Phillips, Project Censored Staff, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Tom Tomorrow

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This is a controversial expose of the top 25 stories that received little or no coverage in the mainstream media. It looks at the books that were censored, censorship through the ages, and analyses media concentration during 1997.
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Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Publication date: 4/4/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
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".

Mumia Abu-Jamal is an award-winning journalist & author of two books, "Live from Death Row" & "Death Blossoms", which address prison life from a critical & spiritual perspective. In 1981 he was elected president of the Association of Black Journalists (Philadelphia chapter). His 1982 murder trial & subsequent conviction has raised considerable controversy & criticism for alleged constitutional violations & other improprieties. In spite of his almost two-decade long imprisonment on death row, Abu-Jamal has fought for his freedom & for his profession. He holds a BA from Goddard College & an MA from California State University, Dominguez Hills. His books have sold more than 100,000 copies &…    

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Top 25 Censored News Stories of 1999
Multinational Corporations Profit from International Brutality
Pharmaceutical Companies Put Profits before Need
Financially Bloated American Cancer Society Fails to Prevent Cancer
American Sweatshops Sew U.S. Military Uniforms
Turkey Destroys Kurdish Villages with U.S. Weapons
NATO Defends Private Economic Interests in the Balkans
U.S. Media Reduces Foreign Coverage
Planned Weapons in Space Violate International Treaty
Louisiana Promotes Toxic Racism
The U.S. and NATO Deliberately Started the War with Yugoslavia
America's Largest Nuclear Test Exposed Thousands
Evidence Indicates No Pre-war Genocide in Kosovo and Possible U.S./KLA Plot to Create Disinformation
U.S. Agency Seeks to Export Weapons Grade Plutonium to Russian Organization Linked to Organized Crime
U.S. Media Ignores Humanitarian Aspects of Famine in Korea
Early Puberty Onset for Girls May be Linked to Chemicals in the Environment and Increases in Breast Cancer
Media Distorts Debate on Affirmative Action
World Bank's Resettlement Program Displaces Millions
California Convicts and Punishes Teenagers as Adults
Bacterium in Cow's Milk May Cause Crohn's Disease
IMF and World Bank Contributed to Economic Tensions in the Balkans
The Vatican's U.N. Status Challenged
U.S. and Germany Trained and Developed the KLA
International Conference Sets World Agenda for Peace
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Controlled by Unstable Personnel
U.S. Military Trains Solders to Kill and Eat Tame Animals
Project Censored Honorable Mentions for 1999
Censored Deja Vu: What Happened to Last Year's Most Censored Stories
News Abuse of 1999
Is the Press Really Free?
Who is Killing the Press?
Objectivity and the Limits of Press Freedom
Is the Press Really Free in the 21st Century?
What Free Press?
Oligopoly: The Big Media Game has Fewer and Fewer Players
The Media and their Atrocities
The Media Battle of Seattle
Information Equity for the 21st Century
Media Accountability: News Councils and Ombudsmen
The Battle for Free Speech Radio
Falun Gong: Demonized in China, Downplayed in America
Most Censored News Stories for 1999 Publication Source List
Media Activist Resource Guide
Top 5 Censored Reprints
About the Editor
Project Censored Mission Statement
Index
Postscript: How to Nominate a Censored Story