Censored 2013 (Censored: The News That Didn't Make the News -- The Year's Top 25 Censored Stories) Paperback – 15 Nov 2012

For `Project Censored', censorship is a form of propaganda - deceptive communication used to influence public opinion to benefit a special interest.In this `essential handbook' (N. M. Ahmed) the top censored stories in the mass media for the period 2011-2012 are contained in five clusters:The Police State and Civil Liberties : Signs of an Emerging Police State, FBI Agents Responsible for Majority of Terrorists Plots, Prison Slavery, Laws Would Make Many Forms of Nonviolent Protest Illegal, NY Police Plant Drugs on Innocent People to Meet Arrest QuotasEconomics: First Federal Reserve Audit Reveals Trillions Loaned to Major Banks, Small Network of Corporations Run the Global Economy, Members of Congress Grow Wealthier, Education Reform a Trojan Horse for Privatization, Who Are the Top 1 Percent and How Do They Earn a Living?, Students Crushed by Student Loans, Conservatives Want to Privatize Postal Services, Bank Laundered Money for Latin American Drug CartelEnvironment and Health : Oceans in Peril, Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Worse than Anticipated, Dangers of Cellular Phones and Microwave OvensHuman Costs of War and Violence : NATO Bombed Water Supply Station in Libya, US Joins Forces with al-Qaeda in Syria, US Covers Up Afghan Massacre, Guantanamo DryboardingWomen and Race : Sexual Violence Against Women Soldiers, Palestinian Women Shackled during ChildbirthThis book reveals also such important issues as the fact that FBI agents are responsible for orchestrating terrorist plots, so that they can thwart them; how British Special Forces played a key role in overseeing Libya's so-called `freedom fighters'; and, the worldwide economic power of transnational corporations illustrated with the example of a mining company.Another crucial issue is what Thomas Jefferson called `the only security of all': free press. `Project Censored' shows how the mass media controlled by corporate powers are creating a virtual world with junk news (pseudo-events) and infotainment, like carnival-like political debates, in order to hide the real and essential facts about human life and its future on this planet.This volume is a must read for all those who want to understand the world we live in.

You'll learn more about what's happening in the United States of America by reading Censored annuals than you will the newspapers. Just as importantly, you'll learn more about what the American government is doing around the world. A crucial source for those who want the truth.

For `Project Censored', censorship is a form of propaganda - deceptive communication used to influence public opinion to benefit a special interest.In this `essential handbook' (N. M. Ahmed) the top censored stories in the mass media for the period 2011-2012 are contained in five clusters:The Police State and Civil Liberties : Signs of an Emerging Police State, FBI Agents Responsible for Majority of Terrorists Plots, Prison Slavery, Laws Would Make Many Forms of Nonviolent Protest Illegal, NY Police Plant Drugs on Innocent People to Meet Arrest QuotasEconomics: First Federal Reserve Audit Reveals Trillions Loaned to Major Banks, Small Network of Corporations Run the Global Economy, Members of Congress Grow Wealthier, Education Reform a Trojan Horse for Privatization, Who Are the Top 1 Percent and How Do They Earn a Living?, Students Crushed by Student Loans, Conservatives Want to Privatize Postal Services, Bank Laundered Money for Latin American Drug CartelEnvironment and Health : Oceans in Peril, Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Worse than Anticipated, Dangers of Cellular Phones and Microwave OvensHuman Costs of War and Violence : NATO Bombed Water Supply Station in Libya, US Joins Forces with al-Qaeda in Syria, US Covers Up Afghan Massacre, Guantanamo DryboardingWomen and Race : Sexual Violence Against Women Soldiers, Palestinian Women Shackled during ChildbirthThis book reveals also such important issues as the fact that FBI agents are responsible for orchestrating terrorist plots, so that they can thwart them; how British Special Forces played a key role in overseeing Libya's so-called `freedom fighters'; and, the worldwide economic power of transnational corporations illustrated with the example of a mining company.Another crucial issue is what Thomas Jefferson called `the only security of all': free press. `Project Censored' shows how the mass media controlled by corporate powers are creating a virtual world with junk news (pseudo-events) and infotainment, like carnival-like political debates, in order to hide the real and essential facts about human life and its future on this planet.This volume is a must read for all those who want to understand the world we live in.

What with the 24-hour news cycle in most media how can it be that some news just is not given the same play as others? That is what this book attempts to deal with. Through examples and then full reporting on the examples you can see just what some feel is important to know and what is not important to know. Maybe it is better not to know everything as if one takes the time to read all the material that is out there, you might lose your mind.This is an interesting book that you should read.

...this book is very redundant in many of the stories and information provided. I feel this book could be far shorter if they cut out all the rehashing.That being said, this is a good "behind the screen of the Wizard" book where you get a very good view of what's going on, but the media doesn't either talk about, or go into detail.

Project Censored is an important watchdog, shaming the corporate media every year by selecting the 25 most important under-reported stories. The 2013 selections is especially poignant. The previous reviewer claims that these stories are not timely as some citations predate 2011-2012. What happened in 2012, however, is that a critical mass of evidence formed, building on earlier evidence, to make compelling verifiable stories. Case in point, Censored 2013 reports on the health effects of cell phones, microwave ovens and fluoride. Old news? Yes. But the old news was that there was a controversy. New studies made public in 2011-2012, however, offer compelling evidence of these health effects, moving the concern from the tin hat crowd to mainstream research universities. That's the news. The evidence is now compelling. Ditto on the story about thousands of American deaths predicted to result from the Fukushima disaster, the story about our emerging police state and the ecological holocaust in our oceans. We knew these stories were emerging. Now they're here. Not theories or dark predictions, but realities. The most troubling fact, is that these are realities that should be front page news. They weren't years ago when allegations emerged, and they're no now, that hard evidence has confirmed the worst predictions. This all becomes evident when one reads beyond the top 25 synopsis, and looks at the detailed reporting. Good job Project Censored.

It contains the news we need but do not receive because stupid people in power think we are as stupid or more stupid that they are.

This book is an absolute fraud; the stories supposedly "revealed" by the book were all discussed in the media long ago, as evidenced by the numerous citations at the end of each chapter. This illustrates one of the difficulties of purchasing online. The book cannot be thumbed through before purchase, and Amazon gives too little information about the book at the point of purchase. I advise against purchasing it.