ter Phillips
> Date: September 7, 2006 9:52:35 PM EDT
> To: Kate Sims
> Subject: Project Censored Announces the Release of the Top 25 Most
> Censored Stories for 2005-06
>
> Project Censored Announces the Release of the Top 25 Most Censored
> Stories for 2005-06
>
> For thirty years Project Censored at Sonoma State University has
> been reporting the real news that corporate media refuses to cover.
> The 250 student researchers and faculty find cutting-edge news
> stories that go under-reported in the mainstream corporate media.
> Real news is not there for the selling of material goods or
> entertainment. Real news can only be measured through its success
> in building democracy, stimulating grassroots activism, and
> motivating resistance to top-down institutions. Democratic activism
> underlies the purpose, reason, and message of free speech. Here
> again is Project Censored’s release of the news that didn’t make
> the news—a compilation of the best examples of journalism that the
> corporate media marginalized in 2005-06.
>
> Full reviews of the stories are published in Censored 2007: 30th
> Anniversary Edition from Seven Stories Press, available at: http://
> www.projectcensored.org/
>
> 1. Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media
>
> Throughout 2005 and 2006, a large underground debate raged
> regarding the future of the Internet. Referred to as “network
> neutrality,” the issue has become a tug of war with cable companies
> on the one hand and consumers and Internet service providers on the
> other.
>
> 2. Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran
> As recently as January of 2005 and a decade before Halliburton sold
> key components for a nuclear reactor to an Iranian oil development
> company in violations of US sanctions.
>
> 3. Oceans of the World in Extreme Danger
> Sea temperature and chemistry changes, along with contamination and
> reckless fishing practices intertwine to imperil the world’s
> largest communal life source.
> 4. Hunger and Homelessness Increasing in the US
>
> The number of hungry and homeless people in US cities continued to
> grow in 2005.
>
> 5. High-Tech Genocide in Congo
> The world's most neglected emergency is the ongoing tragedy of the
> Congo, where six to seven million have died since 1996 as a
> consequence of invasions and wars sponsored by western powers
> trying to gain control of the region's mineral wealth
> 6. Federal Whistleblower Protection in Jeopardy
>
> Special Counsel Scott Bloch, appointed by President Bush in 2004,
> is overseeing the virtual elimination of federal whistleblower
> rights in the US government.
>
> 7. US Operatives Torture Detainees to Death in Afghanistan and Iraq
>
> The American Civil Liberties Union released documents of forty-four
> autopsies held in Afghanistan and Iraq October 25, 2005. Twenty-one
> of those deaths were listed as homicides. These documents present
> irrefutable evidence that US operatives tortured detainees to death
> during interrogation.
>
> 8. Pentagon Exempt from Freedom of Information Act
> In December 2005, Congress passed the 2006 Defense Authorization
> Act which renders Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) “operational
> files” fully immune to FOIA requests, the main mechanism by which
> watchdog groups, journalists and individuals can access federal
> documents.
>
> 9. The World Bank Funds Israel-Palestine Wall
> Despite the 2004 International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision that
> called for tearing down the Israel-Palestinian Wall—construction of
> the Wall has accelerated using World Bank funds.
> 10. Expanded Air War in Iraq Kills More Civilians
>
> A key element of Bush’s drawdown plans in Iraq includes increased
> uses of airpower. Expanded air strikes will likely lead to
> increased civilian deaths.
>
> 11. Dangers of Genetically Modified Food Confirmed
> Several recent studies confirm fears that genetically modified (GM)
> foods damage human health.
>
> 12. Pentagon Plans to Build New Landmines
> The US plans to resume production of antipersonnel landmines.
>
> #13 New Evidence Establishes Dangers of Roundup
> New studies reveal that Roundup, the most widely used weed killer
> in the world, poses serious human health threats.
>
> 14. Homeland Security Contracts KBR to Build Detention Centers in
> the US
> Halliburton’s subsidiary KBR has been awarded a $385 million
> contingency contract by the Department of Homeland Security to
> build detention camps in the United States for immigrations surges
> and “news programs.”
>
> 15. Chemical Industry is EPA’s Primary Research Partner
> The American Chemical Council is now EPA’s leading research partner
> 16. Ecuador and Mexico Defy US on International Criminal Court
>
> Ecuador and Mexico have refused to sign bilateral immunity
> agreements (BIA) with the US, in ratification of the International
> Criminal Court (ICC) treaty, despite the Bush Administration’s
> threat to withhold economic aid
>
> 17. Iraq Invasion Promotes OPEC Agenda
> The US occupation of Iraq has been used by the US to acquire access
> to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
> 18. Physicist Challenges Official 9-11 Story
>
> Research by Brigham Young University physics professor, Steven E.
> Jones, concludes that the official 9/11 explanation for the
> collapse of the World Trade Center buildings is implausible
> according to laws of physics
>
> 19. Destruction of Rainforests Worst Ever
> New developments in satellite imaging technology reveal that the
> Amazon rainforest is being destroyed twice as quickly as previously
> estimated
>
> 20. Bottled Water: A Global Environmental Problem
> Consumers spend a collective $100 billion every year on bottled
> water in the belief—often mistaken—that it is better for us than
> what flows from our taps. Worldwide, some 2.7 million tons of
> plastic are used to bottle water each year.
>
> 21. Gold Mining Threatens Ancient Andean Glaciers
> Barrick Gold, a powerful multinational gold mining company, planned
> to melt three Andean glaciers in order to access gold deposits
> through open pit mining.
> 22. Billions in Homeland Security Spending Undisclosed
>
> More than $8 billion in Homeland Security funds has been doled out
> to states since the September 11, 2001 attacks, but the public has
> little chance of knowing how this money is actually being spent.
>
> 23. US Oil Targets Kyoto in Europe
> Lobbyists funded by the US oil industry have launched a campaign in
> Europe aimed at derailing efforts to enforce the Kyoto Protocol
> against global warming
>
> 24. Cheney’s Halliburton Stock Rose Over 3000 Percent Last Year
>
> Vice President Dick Cheney’s stock options in Halliburton rose from
> $241,498 in 2004 to over $8 million in 2005, an increase of more
> than 3,000 percent
>
> 25. US Military in Paraguay Threatens Region
>
> South American countries are concerned that a massive air base at
> Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay is designed to be a US military
> stronghold in the region.
>
>
> Contact Information:
>
>
> Project Censored
>
> Sonoma State University
>
> 1801 East Cotati Ave.
>
> Rohnert Park, CA 94928
>
> 707-664-2500
>
> censored@sonoma.edu
>
> Full reviews of the stories are available at:
>
> http://www.projectcensored.org/
>
>
>




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