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Dewey Decimal Number: 323
EAN num: 9781583228524
ISBN number: 1583228527
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Page Count: 400
Printing Date: October 01, 2008
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'Carefully orchestrated. . . . This well-researched work is highly recommended for most libraries.'-Library Journal (starred review)
'Buy it, read it, act on it. Our future depends on the knowledge this collection of suppressed stories allows us.'-The San Diego Review
'Required reading for broadcasters, journalists, and well-informed citizens.'-Los Angeles Times
The best-selling Censored series-with over 150,000 copies in print-highlights each year's twenty-five most important underreported news stories, alerting readers to the negligence of corporate media and the resurgence of alternative media.
Peter Phillips, director of Project Censored, is an associate professor of sociology at Sonoma State University. He is known for his pieces in the alternative press and independent newspapers nationwide, such as Z Magazine and Social Policy.
Andrew Roth, associate director of Project Censored, is an assistant professor of sociology at Sonoma State University. His research explores how the conventions of journalism shape news content and coverage of environmental issues.
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.
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I don't own this one because it's not available on the Kindle, but I just suffered through last years version Censored 2008: The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2006-07 (Censored) and thought some of you might find my review of the 2008 version useful (or not). Here goes:
"Let me start by saying that I'm center-right politically. That said, I like to understand both sides of any argument, so I gave this book a try based on reviews. Here's what I think based on having read about a third of this thing before I just couldn't take anymore.
"The title of the book should not be "Censored". It should be titled "Unreported". The reason that these stories have been ignored by both the liberal and conservative media is very simple ... THEY ARE NOT STORIES. Rather, they are the same old conspiracy theories repeated with an ultra-left wing slant. I don't mean liberal ... I mean ultra-left wing, as in fringe. These "journalistic watchdogs" accuse the center and right of everything except eating little puppies alive, although that accusation may be made later in the book. And, this nonsense starts pretty much from the beginning of the book as you read about how wonderful the world would be when the lights went out. What does that have to do with journalistic integrity? Here's a side question for all of you who think this would be great. How will you be making bicycles out of scrap cars in you don't have a blast furnace to melt the metal? But, I digress.
"If you are an avid conspiracy theorist, run out and buy this book. If you want a true unbiased performance assessment of the media in our country and the world, look elsewhere and save your money. This book is nothing more than a divisive and polarizing ultra-left rant written by a bunch of liberal academics who've never done much more than sit around a campus and dream this nonsense up while their teaching assistance actually teach."
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