| Description |
367 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Censored : the news that didn't make the news and why, 1074-5998 |
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Censored : the news that didn't make the news and why
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. The top censored stories of 2002 and 2003 / by Peter Phillips ... [et al.]. The neoconservative plan for global dominance ; Homeland security threatens civil liberty ; U.S. illegally removes pages from Iraq U.N. report ; Rumsfeld's plan to provoke terrorists ; The effort to make unions disappear ; Closing access to information technology ; Treaty busting by the United States ; U.S./British forces continue use of depleted uranium weapons despite massive evidence of negative health effects ; In Afghanistan : poverty, women's rights, and civil disruption worse than ever ; Africa faces new threat of new colonialism ; U.S. implicated in Taliban massacre ; Bush administration behind failed military coup in Venezuela ; Corporate personhood challenged ; Unwanted refugees a global problem ; U.S. military's war on the Earth ; Plan Puebla-Panama and the FTAA ; Clear channel monopoly draws criticism ; Charter forest proposal threatens access to public lands ; U.S. dollar vs. the Euro : another reason for the invasion of Iraq ; Pentagon increases private military contracts ; Third world austerity policies : coming soon to a city near you ; Welfare reform up for reauthorization, but still no safety net ; Argentina crisis sparks cooperative growth ; U.S. aid to Israel fuels repressive occupation in Palestine ; Censored 2004 runners-up -- |
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Ch. 2. Censored déjà vu : a review and update on important censored stories from prior years / by Peter Phillips ... [et al.] -- ch. 3. Junk food news and news abuse / by Jason Spencer and Christina Cutaia -- ch. 4. The big five media giants / by Mark Crispin Miller -- ch. 5. Media democracy in action / by Peter Phillips ... [et al.] -- ch. 6. From saving Private Lynch to the "top gun" president : the made-for-TV "reality" war on Iraq / by Robin Andersen -- ch. 7. Weapons of mass deception / by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber -- ch. 8. Iraq war : before and beyond / by Norman Solomon ... [et al.] -- ch. 9. The USA Patriot Act : uncensored / by Herb Forestel and Nancy Kranich -- ch. 10. FAIR's third annual "fear & favor" report, 2002 : how power shapes the news / by Janine Jackson, Peter Hart, and Rachel Coen -- ch. 11. Bearing bad news / by Rohan Jayasekera -- ch. 12. Why Japan remains a threat to peace and democracy in Asia : the problem of lap dog journalism / by Kenichi Asano |
| Summary |
In past years, Censored has been instumental in helping to push underreported stories into the mainstream. Censored 2004 highlights the year's 25 most important underreported news stories, alerting readers to deficiencies in corporate media |
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Media & communication studies |
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Communication industries |
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Censorship |
| Notes |
"Media democracy in action" -- Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Government and the press -- United States.
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Freedom of the press.
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Mass media -- Censorship.
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Freedom of information.
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Censorship.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Mass media and the war -- Censorship.
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History, Modern -- 1945-1989.
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Two thousand, A.D.
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Reportage literature, American.
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| Author |
Phillips, Peter, 1947-
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Project Censored
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| ISBN |
1583226192 |
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1583226052 paperback |
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