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Censored 2009The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007–08
Introduction by
Cynthia McKinney
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Product Details
ISBN-10
1-58322-852-7
ISBN-13
978-1-58322-852-4
Publication Date
Oct 2008
Nb of pages
400
Dimensions 5.5 x 8.5 in.
Original Publication
2008
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DescriptionPEN/Oakland Literary Censorship Award, 2008 CENSORED 2009 presents the most censored stories of 2007 and 2008. Read all about it: * the real death toll of the Iraq war includes over one million Iraqis * how private businesses are providing private information on US citizens to the FBI * how the US may be restarting "dirty wars" in Latin America * the executive orders that allow for the seizure of war protesters' assets * how Bush's guest worker program victimizes immigrants * how the American Psychological Association has been complicit in CIA torture * protesters against the privatization of El Salvador's water supply have been arrested as terrorists * Bush cronies are collecting billions off No Child Left Behind. These are just a few of the stories that appear in CENSORED 2009. Plus: * stories of hope and change from the people of Yes! Magazine * FAIR's Fear and Favor Report 2007, on how power still shapes the news * Newspaper coverage of the War Commissions Act * the Gardasil sell job * Truth Emergency Meets Media Reform * Eyewitness accounts of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan * The Pentagon’s child recruitment strategy * Index on Censorship’s annual report * Media Bias, Human Rights, and the Hamas Government in Gaza * Universal Healthcare, Media, and the 2008 Presidential Campaign * 9/11, the Media, and Myth Information * Thirty-three years of US Military Domination and Economic Deceit CENSORED 2009 also includes Censored Déjà Vu and Junk Food
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