Censored 2007: The Top 25 Censored Stories
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Publishing Details
Censored 2007: The Top 25 Censored Stories
By (Author) Peter Phillips
Edited by Project Censored
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
1st August 2011
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Media studies
909.83
Physical Properties
Hardback
432
Width 139mm, Height 209mm
646g
Description
The best-selling Censored series highlights the year's 25 most important underreported news stories, alerting readers to deficiencies in corporate media and the resurgence of alternative media. Among the top censored stories of the year, Censored 2007 highlights the environmental and economic repercussions of Hurricane Katrina, the newest findings on global warming, escalating trends in human trafficking and the use of napalm in Iraq.
Reviews
"A terrific resource." - Library Journal "Censored 2006 is essential reading for anyone who cares about the state of the media today." - Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom "The aim of Project Censored is to overturn the complicity and self-censorship of the corporate media." - The Ecologist"
Author Bio
Peter Phillips, director of Project Censored, is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Aonoma State University. He is known for pieces in the American alternative press and independent newspapers such as Z Magazine and Social Policy. Project Censored, founded in 1976 by Cark Jensen, has as its principal objective the advocacy for and protection of First Amendment rights and the freedom of information in the United States.
