Censored 2000 The Year's Top 25 Censored

In stark contrast to the reports on the nightly news and in the daily papers, "Censored 2000" reveals what is being kept from the public by a lower quality of reporting, the downsizing of newsrooms, and the media conglomerates. Illustrations.

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. In 2008, Project Censored received the PEN/Oakland Literary Censorship Award for the publication of Censored 2009. For more information, visit www.projectcensored.org.
PETER PHILLIPS, director emeritus of Project Censored and president of the Media Freedom Foundation, is an associate professor of sociology at Sonoma State University. He is known for his op-ed pieces in the alternative press and independent newspapers nationwide, such as Z Magazine and Social Policy. He is also the winner of the 2009 Dallas Smythe Award, presented by the Union for Democratic Communication.

Preface

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Acknowledgments

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Introduction

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Mumia Abu-Jamal

The Top 25 Censored News Stories of 1999

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Multinational Corporations Profit from International Brutality

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Pharmaceutical Companies Put Profits before Need

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Financially Bloated American Cancer Society Fails to Prevent Cancer

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American Sweatshops Sew U.S. Military Uniforms

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Turkey Destroys Kurdish Villages with U.S. Weapons

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NATO Defends Private Economic Interests in the Balkans

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U.S. Media Reduces Foreign Coverage

44

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Planned Weapons in Space Violate International Treaty

46

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Louisiana Promotes Toxic Racism

51

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The U.S. and NATO Deliberately Started the War with Yugoslavia

52

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America's Largest Nuclear Test Exposed Thousands

57

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Evidence Indicates No Pre-war Genocide in Kosovo and Possible U.S./KLA Plot to Create Disinformation

58

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U.S. Agency Seeks to Export Weapons Grade Plutonium to Russian Organization Linked to Organized Crime

63

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U.S. Media Ignores Humanitarian Aspects of Famine in Korea

64

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Early Puberty Onset for Girls May be Linked to Chemicals in the Environment and Increases in Breast Cancer

67

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Media Distorts Debate on Affirmative Action

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World Bank's Resettlement Program Displaces Millions

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California Convicts and Punishes Teenagers as Adults

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Bacterium in Cow's Milk May Cause Crohn's Disease

77

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IMF and World Bank Contributed to Economic Tensions in the Balkans

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The Vatican's U.N. Status Challenged

84

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U.S. and Germany Trained and Developed the KLA

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International Conference Sets World Agenda for Peace

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U.S. Nuclear Weapons Controlled by Unstable Personnel

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U.S. Military Trains Solders to Kill and Eat Tame Animals

97

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Project Censored Honorable Mentions for 1999

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Censored Deja Vu: What Happened to Last Year's Most Censored Stories

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Corrie Robb

Melissa Bonham

Bonnie Faulkner

Corey Hale

Willow Lyons

Paul Stutrud

Katie Sims

Victoria Calkins

News Abuse of 1999

157

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Corey Hale

Is the Press Really Free?

165

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Who is Killing the Press?

165

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Robin Andersen

Objectivity and the Limits of Press Freedom

171

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Justin Lewis

Is the Press Really Free in the 21st Century?

176

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Janine Jackson

What Free Press?

183

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Carl Jensen

Oligopoly: The Big Media Game has Fewer and Fewer Players

187

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Robert W. McChesney

The Media and their Atrocities

199

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Michael Parenti

The Media Battle of Seattle

211

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Norman Solomon

Information Equity for the 21st Century

221

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Nancy Kranich

Media Accountability: News Councils and Ombudsmen

229

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Charles L. Klotzer

The Battle for Free Speech Radio

235

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Dennis Bernstein

Falun Gong: Demonized in China, Downplayed in America

253

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Danny Schechter

Appendix A Most Censored News Stories for 1999 Publication Source List

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Appendix B Media Activist Resource Guide

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Appendix C Top 5 Censored Reprints

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About the Editor

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Project Censored Mission Statement

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Index

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Postscript: How to Nominate a Censored Story

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