Top 25 Censored Stories for 2007 - Project Censored- with links

[Ichingcarpenter]

Top 25 Censored Stories for 2007

* 1. Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media : http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/1-future-of-internet-debate-ignored-by-media/

* 2. Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran : http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/2-halliburton-charged-with-selling-nuclear-technologies-to-iran/

* 3. Oceans of the World in Extreme Danger : http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/3-oceans-of-the-world-in-extreme-danger/

* 4. Hunger and Homelessness Increasing in the US : http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/4-hunger-and-homelessness-increasing-in-the-us/


* 5. High-Tech Genocide in Congo: http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/5-high-tech-genocide-in-congo/

* 6. Federal Whistleblower Protection in Jeopardy: chttp://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/6-federal-whistleblower-protection-in-jeopardy/

* 7. US Operatives Torture Detainees to Death in Afghanistan and Iraq: http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/7-us-operatives-torture-detainees-to-death-in-afghanistan-and-iraq/

* 8. Pentagon Exempt from Freedom of Information Act : http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/9-the-world-bank-funds-israel-palestine-wall/

* 9. The World Bank Funds Israel-Palestine Wall : http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/9-the-world-bank-funds-israel-palestine-wall/

* 10. Expanded Air War in Iraq Kills More Civilians : http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/10-expanded-air-war-in-iraq-kills-more-civilians/


I gave links to the top ten and listed only 20 but you can go to the site:

* 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

http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/category/y-2007/

[Demeter]

1. Newest Entry Will Be: Treasury and Congress Hand Country Over to Private Bankers

Fed Reserve Board takes over. Democracy and accountability ends.

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. Yeah, 2008 will be a recorded year for censored stories also

I had read all of the stories on the list except the 'US Oil targets Kyoto in Europe story.'

[SpiralHawk]

3. Thanks a pantload, republicon-owned corporate media

You have failed America and Americans miserably in so many respects.

CORPORATE MEDIA IN ACTION:

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Before the primaries started a post like this would get

a lot of nominations on DU because of the links and stories.
I find it is not only the media but even the primary race to blame as well

[sam sarrha]

5. rere is a link to the #2 Halliburton story ...>>LINK>>

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=103&topic_id=66773&mesg_id=66773

contains link after link after link

[SpiralHawk]

6. Kick it and stick it

fer sure

[Road Scholar]

7. K&R nt

[selador]

8. poor choice of words

ignored, underrepresented, underappreciated? sure

CENSORED?

the classic definition of censorship refers to govt. criminalization of speech (expression, etc.)

people are free, as this post PROVES to write about, discuss, etc. these issues.

the fact that the media does a bad job at it, and/or doesn't try, and/or the people don't care is not really correctly referred to as censorship

it diminishes the heinousness of REAL censorship

[Elspeth]

9. Perhaps the reference is to a media "self-censorship" which does happen a lot

NT

[selador]

12. yes

i just like to draw that strong distinction

[Elspeth]

22. And it's a good distinction to make

..

[readmoreoften]

10. You're really exaggerating the definition of censorship there.

Censorship means to suppress information, withhold all or part of a total party of information, or shape information through deleting damning portions. It does not mean simply mean that speech itself is forbidden by a government agency. That isn't censorship, it's totalitarian repression.

[selador]

14. the problem is

all private news and other media agencies HAVE to censor, at least in the sense that they have editorial discretion. they can;t report every story, give every story equal time (thats a practical impossibility) or report any story in an unbiased manner (there IS no way for news to BE unbiased. it has to be.)


i scanned the various dictionary definitions, and they come closer to my criteria than yours.

it's like a boy who cried wolf thing when people decry "censorship" when REAL censorship is so much more heinous.

depending on where your POV is you are going to see more or less "censorship" by media simply because they are not gonna cover the stories YOU feel are important.

[Richard Steele]

13. M'kay.

:eyes:

[T.Ruth2power]

11. K&R

n/t

[Zywiec]

15. Here's the 2008 list

http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/category/y-2008/

[SpiralHawk]

17. #1 for 2008: No Habeas Corpus for “Any Person”

Thanks a pantload for trashing the Constitution, you so-called 'conservative' republicons.

[Echo In Light]

19. And the numerous dems who attack with their favored "conspiracy theorist" charge

Whenever anyone brings this stuff up.

[SpiralHawk]

20. #2 for 2008: Bush Moves Toward Martial Law

The real story about so-called conservative republiccons: they are all about fear and Totalitarian Control.

[Echo In Light]

21. ...

[Echo In Light]

18. Just to expand upon that:

Top 25 Censored Stories for 2008

#1 No Habeas Corpus for “Any Person”
#2 Bush Moves Toward Martial Law
# 3 AFRICOM: US Military Control of Africa’s Resources
# 4 Frenzy of Increasingly Destructive Trade Agreements
#5 Human Traffic Builds US Embassy in Iraq
#6 Operation FALCON Raids
#7 Behind Blackwater Inc.
#8 KIA: The US Neoliberal Invasion of India
#9 Privatization of America’s Infrastructure
# 10 Vulture Funds Threaten Poor Nations’ Debt Relief
# 11 The Scam of “Reconstruction” in Afghanistan
# 12 Another Massacre in Haiti by UN Troops
# 13 Immigrant Roundups to Gain Cheap Labor for US Corporate Giants
# 14 Impunity for US War Criminals
# 15 Toxic Exposure Can Be Transmitted to Future Generations on a “Second Genetic Code”
#16 No Hard Evidence Connecting Bin Laden to 9/11
# 17 Drinking Water Contaminated by Military and Corporations
# 18 Mexico’s Stolen Election
# 19 People’s Movement Challenges Neoliberal Agenda
# 20 Terror Act Against Animal Activists
# 21 US Seeks WTO Immunity for Illegal Farm Payments
# 22 North Invades Mexico
# 23 Feinstein’s Conflict of Interest in Iraq
# 24 Media Misquotes Threat From Iran’s President
# 25 Who Will Profit from Native Energy?

[Echo In Light]

16. K&R ..I sourced this one awhile back. Funny what determines which stories go the "memory hole" route

[NNN0LHI]

23. Some of this stuff is even censored here

:scared:

http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/9-the-world-bank-funds-israel-palestine-wall/

9. The World Bank Funds Israel-Palestine Wall
in Top 25 Censored Stories for 2007


Sources:

Left Turn Issue #18
Title: “Cementing Israeli Apartheid: The Role of World Bank”
Author: Jamal Juma’

Al-Jazeerah, March 9, 2005
Title: “US Free Trade Agreements Split Arab Opinion”
Author: Linda Heard

Community Evaluator: April Hurley, MD
Student Researchers: Bailey Malone and Lisa Dobias

Despite the 2004 International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision that called for tearing down the Wall and compensating affected communities, construction of the Wall has accelerated. The route of the barrier runs deep into Palestinian territory, aiding the annexation of Israeli settlements and the breaking of Palestinian territorial continuity. The World Bank’s vision of “economic development,” however, evades any discussion of the Wall’s illegality.

The World Bank has meanwhile outlined the framework for a Palestinian Middle East Free Trade Area (MEFTA) policy in their most recent report on Palestine published in December of 2004, “Stagnation or Revival: Israeli Disengagement and Palestinian Economic Prospects.”

Central to World Bank proposals are the construction of massive industrial zones to be financed by the World Bank and other donors and controlled by the Israeli Occupation. Built on Palestinian land around the Wall, these industrial zones are envisaged as forming the basis of export-orientated economic development. Palestinians imprisoned by the Wall and dispossessed of land can be put to work for low wages.

The post-Wall MEFTA vision includes complete control over Palestinian movement. The report proposes high-tech military gates and checkpoints along the Wall, through which Palestinians and exports can be conveniently transported and controlled. A supplemental “transfer system” of walled roads and tunnels will allow Palestinian workers to be funneled to their jobs, while being simultaneously denied access to their land. Sweatshops will be one of very few possibilities of earning a living for Palestinians confined to disparate ghettos throughout the West Bank. The World Bank states:

“In an improved operating environment, Palestinian entrepreneurs and foreign investors will look for well-serviced industrial land and supporting infrastructure. They will also seek a regulatory regime with a minimum of ‘red tape’ and with clear procedures for conducting business. Industrial Estates (IEs), particularly those on the border between Palestinian and Israeli territory, can fulfill this need and thereby play an important role in supporting export based growth.”

Jamal Juma’ notes that the “red tape” which the World Bank refers to can be presumed to mean trade unions, a minimum wage, good working conditions, environmental protection, and other workers’ rights that will be more flexible than the ones in the “developed” world. The World Bank explicitly states that current wages of Palestinians are too high for the region and “compromise the international competitiveness” even though wages are only a quarter of the average in Israel. Juma’ warns that on top of a military occupation and forced expulsion, Palestinians are to be subjects of an economic colonialism.