Censored 2013: The Top Censored Stories and Media Analysis of 2011-2012 Book

Foreword Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed 11

Introduction Dr. Andy Lee Roth Mickey Huff 21

Section I Censored News and Media Analysis

Introduction Mickey Huff Dr. Andy Lee Roth 29

Chapter 1 The Top 25 Censored Stories from 2011-12 and Censored News Clusters 35

1 The Police State and Civil Liberties Dr. Elliot D. Cohen 45

2 From "Bankster Bailout" to "Blessed Unrest": News We Can Use to Create a US Economy for the 99 Percent Dr. Rob Williams 61

3 Environment and Health Dr. Elaine Wellin 85

4 Human Costs of War and Violence Dr. James F. Tracy 103

5 Women and Gender, Race and Ethnicity Susan Rahman Liliana Valdez-Madera 123

Chapter 2 Déjà Vu: What Happened to Previous Censored Stories? Mickey Huff Dr. Andy Lee Roth, with Project Censored interns Jen Eiden Nolan Higdon Aaron Hudson Mike Kolbe Michael Lucacher Ryan Shehee Andrew O'Connor-Watts 137

Chapter 3 American Idle: Junk Food News, News Abuse, and the Voice of Freedumb Mickey Huff Dr. Andy Lee Roth Nolan Higdon Michael Kolbe Andrew O'Connor-Watts 151

Chapter 4 Media Democracy in Action compiled by Mickey Huff with contributions by Sarah van Gelder and Yes! Magazine; Chris Woods of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism; Jay Costa and Darby Beck of Map Light; .Michael Levitin of the Occupied Wall Street Journal; Victoria Pacchiana-Rojas on s Banned Books Week; Christopher Ponzi of Rebellious Truths; Nora Barrows-Friedman of Electronic Intifada; Andrew Phillips of Pacifica/KPFA Radio; J. R. Valrey of Block Report Radio; Steve 2eltzer of Work Week Radio 177

Section II Truth Emergency: Deconstructing Narratives of Power to Reclaim the Common Good

Introduction Mickey Huff Dr. Paul W. Rea 213

Chapter 5 Censorship Backfires: A Taxonomy of Concepts Related to Censorship Dr. Antoon De Baets 223

Chapter 6 The Global 1 Percent Ruling Class Exposed Dr. Peter Phillips Kimberly Soeiro 235

Chapter 7 The Information War: How Government Is Seeking Total Information Awareness and What This Portends for Freedom and Democracy Dr. Elliot D. Cohen 259

Chapter 8 GERM Warfare': How to Reclaim the Education Debate from Corporate Occupation Adam Bessie 271

Chapter 9 Kent State: Was It about Civil Rights or Murdering Student Protesters? Laurel Krause Mickey Huff 297

Chapter 10 The Creative Tension of the Emerging Future: Facing the Seven Challenges of Humanity Kenn Burrows Dr. Michael Nagler 313

Section III Project Censored International: Case Studies of "Unhistory" in the Making

Introduction Dr. Andy Lee Roth 333

Chapter 11 Guantánamospeak and the Manufacture of Consent Dr. Almerindo Ojeda 337

Chapter 12 Framing Al-Awlaki: How Government Officials and Corporate Media Legitimized a Targeted Killing Dr. Andy Lee Roth 345

Chapter 13 A Morally Disengaged America: Sacrificing Iraqi Refugees to Terrorism Fears and Anti-Immigration Angel Ryono 375

Chapter 14 On the Road to Fukushima: The Unreported Story Behind Japan's Nuclear-Media-Industrial Complex Brian Covert 387

Chapter 15 An Occupation of Truth: Indian-Administered Kashmir Tara Dorabji 407

Acknowledgments 419

Report from Media Freedom Foundation Dr. Peter Phillips 429

How to Support Project Censored 431

About the Editors 433

Index 435