Censored 1996: The 1996 Project Censored YearbookCarl Jensen, Project Censored The yearly volumes of Censored, in continuous publication since 1976 and since 1995 available through Seven Stories Press, is dedicated to the stories that ought to be top features on the nightly news, but that are missing because of media bias and self-censorship. The top stories are listed democratically in order of importance according to students, faculty, and a national panel of judges. Each of the top stories is presented at length, alongside updates from the investigative reporters who broke the stories. Beyond the Top 25 stories, additional chapters delve further into timely media topics: The Censored News and Media Analysis section provides annual updates on Junk Food News and News Abuse, Censored Déjà Vu, signs of hope in the alternative and news media, and the state of media bias and alternative coverage around the world. In the Truth Emergency section, scholars and journalists take a critical look at the US/NATO military-industrial-media empire. And in the Project Censored International section, the meaning of media democracy worldwide is explored in close association with Project Censored affiliates in universities and at media organizations all over the world. A perennial favorite 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. |
Contents
US Censorship in 1995 | 33 |
The Top 25 Censored News Stories 1995 | 51 |
Closing Up Americas Marketplace of Ideas | 52 |
2 The Budget Does Not Have to be Balanced on the Backs of the Poor | 55 |
3 Child Labor in the US Is Worse Today Than During the 1930s | 58 |
4 The Privatization of the Internet | 60 |
5 US Pushes Nuclear Pact But Spends Billions to Add Bang to Nukes | 63 |
6 Radical Plan From Newt Gingrichs Think Tank to Gut FDA | 64 |
18 Scientific Support for Needle Exchange Programs Suppressed | 97 |
19 Solving the Nuclear Waste Problem With Taxpayers Dollars | 100 |
20 ABC Spikes New Tobacco Exposé When Sued for Libel | 102 |
Reading Writing and Reloading | 104 |
22 There May Be A CureUp There in the Rain Forest | 107 |
Still Deadly After All These Years and All That Hype | 109 |
24 US Trails Most Developed Nations in Maternal Health Ranking | 111 |
25 E ColiNow A National EpidemicsKills 500 Americans Annually | 113 |
7 Russia Injects Earth with Nuke Waste | 66 |
8 Medical Fraud Costs the Nation 100 Billion Annually Or More | 68 |
9 US Chemical Industry Fights for Toxic Ozone Killing Pesticide | 71 |
10 The Broken Promises of NAFTA | 74 |
11 Giant Oil Companies Owe US More Than 15 Billion | 78 |
12 180000 Patients Die Annually from Treatment in Hospitals | 81 |
13 Congress Wants to Take the Money and Run | 84 |
14 The Gulf War Syndrome CoverUp | 86 |
15 The Rebirth of Slavery in the Dark Heart of Sudan | 89 |
16 FiberglassThe Carcinogen thats Deadly and Everywhere | 91 |
17 Small Arms Wreak Major Worldwide Havoc | 94 |
Comments by Project Censored Judges | 115 |
Top Censored Books of 1995 | 125 |
Censored Dejà Vu of 1995 | 147 |
The Junk Food News Stories of 1995 | 163 |
An Eclectic Chronology of Censorship from 605 BC to 1995 | 173 |
Censored Resource Guide | 223 |
Alternative Writers Market | 259 |
Top 10 Censored Reprints | 285 |
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