Censored 2018: Press Freedoms in a 'Post-Truth' Society - The Top Censored Stories and Media Analysis of 2016-2017

Description

The annual yearbook from Project Censored features the year's most underreported news stories, striving to unmask censorship, self-censorship, and propaganda in corporate-controlled media outlets. Featuring the top 25 most underreported stories, as voted by scholars, journalists, and activists across the country and around the world, as well as chapters exploring timely issues from the previous year with more in-depth analysis.

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. He teaches sociology at Pomona College and serves on the boards of the Media Freedom Foundation and the Claremont Wildlands Conservancy.

"A crucial contribution to the hope for a more just and democratic society." -Noam Chomsky "Project Censored is a national treasure . . . This is a brilliant, startling, and informative book that every young person, adult, student, and concerned citizen should read." -Henry A. Giroux, author of America At War with Itself "Project Censored rescues the most important stories you should have read but probably never saw from oblivion." -Chris Hedges, bestselling author of War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning and Wages of Rebellion "[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