Censored 2011: The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2009-10

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Here is a list of the top 25 censored stories of 2009-10 selected for inclusion in Censored 2011:
1. Global Plans to Replace the Dollar
2. US Department of Defense is the Worst Polluter on the Planet
3. Internet Privacy and Personal Access at Risk
4. ICE Operates Secret Detention and Courts
5. Blackwater (Xe): The Secret US War in Pakistan
6. Health Care Restrictions Cost Thousands of Lives in US
7. External Capitalist Forces Wreak Havoc in Africa
8. Massacre in Peruvian Amazon over US Free Trade Agreement
9. Human Rights Abuses Continue in Palestine
10. US Funds and Supports the Taliban
11. The H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic: Manipulating Data to Enrich Drug Companies
12. Cuba Provided the Greatest Medical Aid to Haiti after the Earthquake
13. Obama Cuts Domestic Spending and Increases Military Corporate Welfare
14. Increased Tensions with Unresolved 9/11 Issues
15. Bhopal Water Still Toxic Twenty-five Years After Deadly Gas Leak
16. US Presidents Charged with Crimes Against Humanity as Universal Jurisdiction Dies in Spain
17. Nanotech Particles Pose Serious DNA Risks to Humans and the Environment
18. The True Cost of Chevron
19. Obama Administration Assures World Bank and International Monetary Fund a Free Reign of Abuse
20. Obama’s Charter School Policies Spread Segregation and Undermine Unions
21. Western Lifestyle Continues Environmental Footprint
22. 1.2 Billion People in India to be Given Biometric ID Cards
23. Afghan War: Largest Military Coalition in History
24. War Crimes of General Stanley McChrystal
25. Prisoners Still Brutalized at Gitmo
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The importance of this book in presenting the painful truth cannot be over estimated.

The Project Censored Team includes over 30 Universities around the world that study mainstream media content and report in detail on news stories that the corporate media would prefer us not to know.

Such a story is that the US Department of Defense is the Worst Polluter on the Planet. This revelation goes largely unreported. The fact that the US Department of Defense is beholden to no pollution controls is disturbing. Large portions of Iraq are irradiated due to the use of depleted uranium armaments (DU) and reports confirm that 1 in 4 babies born in Iraq have birth defects directly attributable to this DU pollution.

Afghanistan has also suffered from the results of unrestrained US Military Air strikes. The mountains of Tora Bora, that supply much of the drinking water to the surrounding lands have now been polluted with depleted uranium in the name of finding Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida.

Other stories include the concerted effort by the mainstream corportate media to downplay civilian casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan, which at present exceed one million.

Project Censored has compiled a list of censored news stories and examinations of current media practices that paint a disturbing picture of the world we currently inhabit.

That so many people are ill informed about what is really going on in our world is a testament to the power of influence the mainstream corporate media has over all our lives.

I am sure we can all agree that news coverage should be honest and unflinching in reporting unpalatable truths. What is clear from reading the revelatory Censored 2011 is that we are constantly bombarded with military propaganda, outright lies, junk food news, sins of omission, faux news and overt news abuse.

A clear example of this is why there is no rational or dispassionate debate concerning the numerous anomalies, lies and misinformation concerning the events of September 11th 2001. This particular event more than any other needs to be explored for no other reason than it has been used as the excuse for two illegal invasions, escalation of US drone attacks in Pakistan, the loss of civil liberties in America and the United Kingdom and an exponential rise in military industrial complex spending.

I recommend this book as a essential tool for uncovering some of the reality of the world we live in today. My gratitude extends to all the Universities and their students that have contributed to this important work, Censored 2011 and particularly Mickey Huff and Dr. Peter Phillips for their tireless effort in bringing some much needed honestly to ailing journalistic practices.

I picked this up a month ago and have not been able to put it down since. The subjects are scholarly and the authors are credentialed. Every segment has source material via web links for the reader to see for themselves. The title of the book really only refers to the first chapter, the rest covers updates on stories from the last book, prospects for hope around the world, as well as expressing the dire need for full scale change in our established institutions. This is not an idealist essay; it is an academic collective of current affairs. I don’t know what disturbs me more, the stories themselves or how little the American public is aware of these stories. We need, esp in the US, more news organizations like Project Censored. I’d highly recommend this book to anyone who seeks an honest image of global affairs.