Important stuff you don't see in the traditional U.S. media

amazingly enough, because i follow the blogs, i was aware of all of these stories except for the one on roundup, the monsanto herbicide...

Project Censored is a media research group out of Sonoma State University which tracks the news published in independent journals and newsletters. From these, Project Censored compiles an annual list of 25 news stories of social significance that have been overlooked, under-reported or self-censored by the country's major national news media.

Between 700 and 1000 stories are submitted to Project Censored each year from journalists, scholars, librarians, and concerned citizens around the world. With the help of more than 200 Sonoma State University faculty, students, and community members, Project Censored reviews the story submissions for coverage, content, reliability of sources and national significance. The university community selects 25 stories to submit to the Project Censored panel of judges who then rank them in order of importance. Current or previous national judges include: Noam Chomsky, Susan Faludi, George Gerbner, Sut Jhally , Frances Moore Lappe, Norman Solomon, Michael Parenti, Herbert I. Schiller, Barbara Seaman, Erna Smith, Mike Wallace and Howard Zinn. All 25 stories are featured in the yearbook, Censored: The News That Didn't Make the News.

Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007

1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media
2 Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran
3 Oceans of the World in Extreme Danger
4 Hunger and Homelessness Increasing in the US
5 High-Tech Genocide in Congo
6 Federal Whistleblower Protection in Jeopardy
7 US Operatives Torture Detainees to Death in Afghanistan and Iraq
8 Pentagon Exempt from Freedom of Information Act
9 The World Bank Funds Israel-Palestine Wall
10 Expanded Air War in Iraq Kills More Civilians
11 Dangers of Genetically Modified Food Confirmed
12 Pentagon Plans to Build New Landmines
13 New Evidence Establishes Dangers of Roundup
14 Homeland Security Contracts KBR to Build Detention Centers in the US
15 Chemical Industry is EPA’s Primary Research Partner
16 Ecuador and Mexico Defy US on International Criminal Court
17 Iraq Invasion Promotes OPEC Agenda
18 Physicist Challenges Official 9-11 Story
19 Destruction of Rainforests Worst Ever
20 Bottled Water: A Global Environmental Problem
21 Gold Mining Threatens Ancient Andean Glaciers
22 $Billions in Homeland Security Spending Undisclosed
23 US Oil Targets Kyoto in Europe
24 Cheney’s Halliburton Stock Rose Over 3000 Percent Last Year
25 US Military in Paraguay Threatens Region

when i read a list like this and realize that, if it wasn't for weblogs, i might have never heard of most of these stories, i also realize just how fortunate we are to have the internet, and how desperately those in power must be trying to find a way to control it and cut us off from any and all sources of unfiltered news...

(thanks to the unknown candidate...)

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