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• Wednesday, December 26, 2007 10:59 AM

  Celebrity noise & Project Censored

  Great piece, HH.

  Echoing what others have said here about celebrity noise taking the place of actual journalism, if you don’t know about it, you might check out projectcensored.org.

  Top 25 censored news 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

  About Project Censored:

  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.

  —Jen Gaboury Read Jen Gaboury's other letters
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