Project Censored

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Project Censored is a national research effort launched in 1976 by Dr. Carl Jensen, professor emeritus of Communications Studies at Sonoma State University. Upon Jensen's retirement in 1996, leadership of the project was passed to associate professor of sociology and media research specialist, Dr. Peter Phillips. Under Phillips's guidance, Project Censored tracks the news published in independent journals and newsletters, and every year the group 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. Veteran broadcaster Walter Cronkite said Project Censored "is one of the organization's we should listen to, to be assured that our newspapers and broadcasting outlets are practicing thorough and ethical journalism." Phillips says, "the restructuring of media in the United States is creating forms of censorship that are as potentially damaging as overt censorship." "Media corporations have been undergoing a massive merging process that is realigning our sources of information in America," Phillips wrote in a an op-ed recently. "Values such as freedom of information and belief in the responsibility of keeping the public informed are adjusted to reflect policies created by bottom-line oriented CEOs. Media owners and managers are motivated to please advertisers and upper-middle-class readers and viewers. Journalists and editors are not immune from management influence. Journalists want to see their stories approved for print or broadcast, and editors come to know the limits of their freedom to diverge from the bottom line view of owners and managers. The results are an expansion of entertainment news, infomercials and synergistic news - all aimed at increased profit taking." Additionally, Phillips said the 11 largest or most influential media corporations in the United States - General Electric Company (NBC), Viacom Inc. (cable), The Walt Disney Company (ABC), Time Warner Inc.(CNN), Westinghouse Electric Corporation (CBS), The News Corporation Ltd. (Fox), Gannett Co. Inc., Knight-Ridder Inc., New York Times Co., Washington Post Co. and the Times Mirror Co. - represent the interests of corporate America, and that the media elite are the watchdogs of acceptable ideological messages, the parameters of news and information content and the general use of media resources. "Do the media elite directly censor the news?" Phillips asks. "Without being privy to insider conversations, it is difficult to prove direct censorship by management of particular stories in the news. But an organizational tendency is to comply with the general corporate culture, and career-minded journalists and editors sharing this common corporate culture will create what direct censorship cannot: a general compliance with the attitudes, wishes, and expectations of the media elite and, in turn, corporate America."

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[879twist]

who still believes in the NEWS ?? only blind fools

[brutus301]

A truly educated informed individual would come to the conclusion that politics in general is a complete farce. The concept of right and left wing are illusions that we have a choice.

[mikecorbeil]

When was this video first filmed?

[Taharah007]

ORSON WELLS PREDICTED THIS in his book "1984"  WELCOME TO THE PARTY!

[SinclairNicholas]

@Waltham1892 Although you ask this rhetorically, I'm still answering you: "No".

[lawjournal1]

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[unusualmusician]

@brutus301 Rise above the ephemeral babble of politics-Nietzsche

In a society whose only operative social currencies are appearances & wealth, genuinely educated and informed individuals become increasingly rare. Big-biz-style journalism has degenerated into a pseudo-profession dominated by aggressive, often curiously charismatic, simple individuals w average to slightly above average intellects. Intelligence is largely irrelevant...purchasable certifications, connections & corruption rule.

[unusualmusician]

How can one expect any PRIVATE forum that is merely pretending to be a public forum to actually be a public forum? One cannot.

What's happening to the internet merely reflects what has happened to authentic democracy in general...it is on its death bed. And it's very likely that the democracy-rotting global hegemony of WEALTH can only be stopped by large numbers of people acting in concert.

But THAT would require an authentically FREE flow of information. Sad.

[Waltham1892]

Isn't a book on censorship an oxymoron?

[borisbmx]

this old game of deceit  began in early 20th century simplified : yiddish askenazi zionist jewish media bosses.