editions of the
Censored
yearbooks with Seven Stories Press. He has also published, with Seven Stories Press, the books
Impeach the President: The Case Against Bush and Cheney
(2006) and
Project Censored Guide to Independent Media and Activism
(2003).
Peter Phillips co-hosts the Project Censored show on Pacifica Radio and is a frequent writer and blogger on numerous websites worldwide. In 2009, Phillips received the Dallas Smythe Award from the Union for Democratic Communications. Dallas Smythe is a national award given to researchers and activists who, through their research and/or production work, have made significant contributions to the study and practice of democratic communication.
Phillips is president of Media Freedom Foundation, the nonprofit corporation that supports Project Censored and the following websites:
Project Censored: www.projectcensored.org
Daily News: www.censorednews.org
Validated News and Research: www.mediafreedominternational.org
Daily Censored Blog: www.dailycensored.com
Daily News in Spanish: www.proyectocensurado.org
Fair Share of the Common Heritage: www.fairsharecommonheritage.org
Note
1 . Concha Mateo, “Spanish 15M Goes Out of Puerta del Sol: An Ethical Revolution Spread its Wings,”
Daily Censored
, June 9, 2011, http://dailycensored.com/2011/06/09/spanish-15m-goes-out-of-puerta-del-sol-an-ethical-revolution-spread-its-wings/ .
SECTION I
Censored News and
Media Analysis
The Top Censored Stories of 2010–2011
Censored #1: More US Soldiers Committed Suicide than Died in Combat
Censored #2: US Military Manipulates the Social Media
Censored #3: Obama Authorizes International Assassination Campaign
Censored #4: Global Food Crisis Expands
Censored #5: Private Prison Companies Fund Anti-Immigrant Legislation
Censored #6: Google Spying?
Censored #7: US Army and Psychology’s Largest Experiment—Ever
Censored #8: The Fairy Tale of Clean and Safe Nuclear Power
Censored #9: Government-Sponsored Technologies for Weather Modification
Censored #10: Real Unemployment: One Out of Five in US
Censored #11: Trafficking of Iraqi Women Rampant
Censored #12: Pacific Garbage Dump: Did You Really Think Your Plastic Was Being Recycled?
Censored #13: Will a State of Emergency Be Used to Supersede Our Constitution?
Censored #14: Family Pressure on Young Girls for Genitalia Mutilation Continues in Kenya
Censored #15: Big Polluters Freed from Environmental Oversight
Censored #16: Sweatshops in China Are Making Your iPods While Workers Suffer
Censored #17: Superbug Bacteria Spreading Worldwide
Censored #18: Monsanto Tries to Benefit from Haiti’s Earthquake
Censored #19: Oxfam Exposes How Aid Is Used for Political Purposes
Censored #20: US Agencies Trying to Outlaw GMO Food Labeling
Censored #21: Lyme Disease: An Emerging Epidemic
Censored #22: Participatory Budgeting: A Method to Empower Local Citizens and Communities
Censored #23: Worldwide Movement to Ban or Charge Fees for Plastic Bags
Censored #24: South Dakota Takes Extreme Measures to Be the Top Anti-Abortion State
Censored #25: Extension of DU to Libya
CENSORED NEWS CLUSTER
Human Costs of War and Violence
by Peter Phillips and Craig Cekala
Censored #1
More US Soldiers Committed Suicide than Died in Combat
Sources:
Chris Hedges, “Death and After in Iraq,”
Truthdig
, March 21, 2011, http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_body_baggers_of_iraq_20110321 .
Cord Jefferson, “More US Soldiers Killed Themselves Than Died in Combat in 2010,”
Good
, January 27, 2011, http://www.good.is/post/more-us-soldiers-killed-themselves-than-died-in-combat-in-2010/ .
Student Researcher: Bay Ewald (San Francisco State University)
Faculty Evaluator: Kenn Burrows (San Francisco State University)
Censored #3
Obama Authorizes International Assassination Campaign
Sources:
William Fisher, “Judge Declines to Rule on Targeted Killings of US Citizens,” Inter Press Service, December 8, 2010,