Phillips, Peter, 1947-

Censored 2003 : the top 25 censored stories / Censored two thousand and three Censored two thousand three Peter Phillips & Project Censored ; introduction by Robert W. McChesney ; cartoons by Tom Tomorrow. - 399 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Top Censored stories of 2001 & 2002 / FCC moves to privatize airwaves -- New trade treaty seeks to privatize global social services -- United States' policies in Colombia support mass murder -- Bush administration hampered FBI investigation 46 into Bin Laden family before 9-11 -- U.S. intentionally destroyed Iraq's water system -- U.S. government pushing nuclear revival -- Corporations promote HMO model for school districts -- NAFTA destroys farming communities in U.S. and abroad -- U.S. faces national housing crisis -- CIA double deals in Macedonia -- Bush appoints former criminals to key government roles -- NAFTA's chapter 11 overrides public protection laws of countries -- Peter Phillips and Project Censored -- Ch. 1. Henry Kissinger and Gerald Ford lied to the American public about East Timor -- New laws restrict access to abortions in U.S. -- Bush's energy plan threatens environment and public health -- CIA kidnaps suspects for overseas torture and execution -- Corporate media ignores key issues of anti-globalization protests -- World's coral reefs dying -- American companies exploit the Congo -- Novartis's gene research endangers global plant life -- Large U.S. temp company undermines union jobs and mistreats workers -- Fish farms threaten health of consumers and aquatic habitats -- Horses face lives of unnecessary abuse for drug company profits -- Wal-Mart takes union busting to the state level -- Federal government bails out failing private prisons -- 9-11 Before and beyond: a critical analysis / Censored Déjà Vu: what happened to last year's most censored stories / Junk food news and news abuse / Rebuild democracy with grassroots community news / The Big Ten Media giants / Media war and the rigors of self-censorship / Power sources: on party, gender, race, and class, TV news looks to the most powerful groups / Truth about Afghan civilian casualties comes only through American lenses for the U.S. corporate media [Our modern-day Didymus] / Leave no child untested: how New York State exams censored literature / Peter Phillips, Tom Lough, Robert Hackett, Karen Talbot, Project Censored -- Peter Phillips, Project Censored -- Krista Arata, Kathleen O'Rourke-Christopher -- Peter Phillips, Project Censored -- Mark Crispin Miller -- Norman Solomon -- Ina Howard -- Marc W. Herold -- Jeanne Heifetz. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10.

Exposes major news stories ignored by the press in 2001 and 2002.

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History, Modern--1989-
Two thousand, A.D.
Journalism--Political aspects--United States
Censorship--United States
Freedom of the press--United States
Reportage literature, American--Censorship
Investigative reporting--United States

PN4888.P6 / C457 2002

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