Censored 2016: The Top Censored Stories and Media Analysis of 2014-15

Description

Censored features the top-25 underreported news stories of the year that ought to be top features on the nightly news but that are missing because of media bias and self-censorship. A perennial favourite of booksellers, teachers and readers everywhere, Censored is one of the strongest life signs of our current collective desire to get the news we citizens need - despite what Big Media tells us. Seven Stories Press has been publishing this yearbook since 1994.

"MICKEY HUFF is director of Project Censored and serves on the board of the Media Freedom Foundation. He is currently a professor of social science and history at Diablo Valley College in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he is co-chair of the history department. Huff is the co-host, with former Project Censored director Dr. Peter Phillips, of The Project Censored Show, a weekly syndicated public affairs program that originates from KPFA Pacifica Radio in Berkeley, California. ANDY LEE ROTH is the associate director of Project Censored. He earned a PhD in Sociology at the University of California-Los Angeles and a BA in Sociology and Anthropology at Haverford College. As of fall 2014, he teaches sociology at Pomona College and serves on the boards of the Media Freedom Foundation and the Claremont Wildlands Conservancy."

"Project Censored's list of the top stories that get very little mainstream media traction should in fact drive the reporting agendas of every major news outlet. These 25 stories are clearly the most consequential of the year, and what is scary in looking at the list is how obvious it is that silencing reports of these themes protects corrupt governments and corporate gatekeepers. Project Censored is a lifeline to the world's most urgent and significant stories." -Naomi Wolf "[Censored] should be affixed to the bulletin boards in every newsroom in America. And, perhaps read aloud to a few publishers and television executives." -Ralph Nader "Whereas the mainstream media poke and peck at noteworthy events at single points in time, often devoid of historical context or analysis, Project Censored seeks to clarify understanding of real world issues and focus on what's important. Context is key, and many of its 'top censored' stories highlight deeply entrenched policy issues that require more explanation than a simple sound bite can provide." -San Francisco Bay Guardian