Censored 2006
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Publishing Details
Censored 2006
By (Author) Peter Phillips
By (author) Project Censored
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
1st August 2011
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Media studies
320.973
Physical Properties
Hardback
384
Width 165mm, Height 216mm
640g
Description
THE YEAR'S TWENTY-FIVE MOST IMPORTANT UNDERREPORTED NEWS STORIES The best-selling Censored series highlights the year's twenty-five most important under-reported news stories, alerting readers to deficiencies in corporate media and the resurgence of alternative media. In addition to the top censored stories of the year, this year's edition includes an investigative report on untold and unfinished 9/11 related stories.
Reviews
"The aim of Project Censored is to overturn the complicity and self-censorship of the corporate media." - The Ecologist "Buy it, read it, act on it. Our future depends on the knowledge this collection of suppressed stories allow us." - San Diego Review Devastating evidence of the dumbing down of mainstream new in America. Required reading for broadcasters, journalists, and well-informed citizens." - Los Angeles Times "A distant early warning system for society's problems." - American Journalism Review"
Author Bio
Peter Phillips, director of Project Censored, is an associate professor of sociology at Sonoma State University. He is known for his open editorial in the alternative press and independent newspapers. Project Censored founded in 1976 by Carl Jensen has as its principal objective the advocacy for and protection of First Amendments rights and the freedom of information in the United States.
