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<p> From: NLNS
Subject: Project Censored</p>
<p>By Carl Jensen,Ph.D.
@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ occurred in February, 1991,when it was the subject of an hour-long
documentary on PBS-TV, hosted by Bill Moyers.</p>
<p>Information about securing a copy of the videotape, titled "Moyers:
Project Censored," is available from Public Affairs Television, 356 West
58th St., New York, NY 10019, (212/560-6961).</p>
58th St., <span class="GPE" title="GPE">New York</span>, NY 10019, (212/560-6961).</p>
<p>The Censored Research Process</p>
<p>Researchers in the censorship seminar I teach at Sonoma State University
have reviewed thousands of stories over the past 16 years that many
@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ source for a story isn't considered to be reliable; other times the
story doesn't have an easily identifiable "beginning, middle, and end;"
some stories are considered to be "too complex" for the general public;
on occasion stories are ignored because they haven't been "blessed" by
The New York Times or The Washington Post. Reporters and editors at
The <span class="ORG" title="ORG">New York Times</span> or The Washington Post. Reporters and editors at
most of the other 1650 daily newspapers know their news judgment isn't
going to be challenged when they produce the-leader" stories, a practice
which leads to the "pack" or "herd" phenomenon in journalism.</p>
@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ journalism to rethink its traditional definitions of news. In a time of
pending economic doom, nuclear terrorism, and environmental disaster,
it is not news when a man bites a dog.</p>
<p>Real news is not repetitive, sensationalistic coverage of
non-important events such as the William Kennedy Smith Palm <span class="PERSON">Beach</span> trial
non-important events such as the William Kennedy Smith Palm <span class="PERSON" title="PERSON">Beach</span> trial
which attracted so much media attention in 1991.</p>
<p>By contrast, real news is objective and reliable information about
important events happening in a society. And I suggest that the
@ -272,30 +271,30 @@ make any difference if the people were better informed?</p>
<p>Hunger in Africa was consistently nominated as a "censored" subject
during the early 1980s. When I would ask journalists why they did not
cover the tragedy unfolding there, they would say: " It is not news, "
or, "Everyone already knows about starving <span class="NORP">Africans</span>," or "Nothing can be
or, "Everyone already knows about starving <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Africans</span>," or "Nothing can be
done about it anyway.''</p>
<p>Early in 1984, an <span class="ORG">ABC</span>-TV News correspondent in Rome came upon
<p>Early in 1984, an <span class="ORG" title="ORG">ABC</span>-TV News correspondent in Rome came upon
information that led him to believe that millions of lives were being
threatened by drought and famine in Africa. He asked the home office in
New York for permission to take his crew to Africa to get the story.
The answer was no.</p>
<p>(There's an ironic twist to this story. I subsequently discovered who
it was at <span class="ORG">ABC</span> that refused to let the network's TV crew go to Africa in
it was at <span class="ORG" title="ORG">ABC</span> that refused to let the network's TV crew go to Africa in
1984. It was Rick Kaplan, who later became executive producer of Ted
Koppel's "Nightline." And, in mid-1986, it was the same Rick Kaplan
who killed a two-part "Nightline" series on Project Censored which was
going to explore whether the news media ever overlook, undercover, or
censor important stories.)</p>
<p>
<span class="ORG">ABC</span>-TV News was not the only, nor even the first, television network to
<span class="ORG" title="ORG">ABC</span>-TV News was not the only, nor even the first, television network to
reject the tragic story of starving children in Ethiopia. In October,
1983, David Kline, a free-lance journalist and news producer in San
Francisco, shot film on assignment for <span class="ORG">CBS</span> showing emaciated adults and
some children near death. According to a <span class="GPE">Columbia</span> Journalism Review
Francisco, shot film on assignment for <span class="ORG" title="ORG">CBS</span> showing emaciated adults and
some children near death. According to a <span class="GPE" title="GPE">Columbia</span> Journalism Review
article, one of the children in Kline's footage was so thin that its
heart could be seen beating through the chest wall. Nonetheless, Kline
was told the footage was not strong enough. After being rejected by
<span class="ORG">CBS</span>, Kline offered to do the story for NBC and PBS and they both turned
<span class="ORG" title="ORG">CBS</span>, Kline offered to do the story for NBC and PBS and they both turned
him down. Nor were the television networks the only media not
interested in a story about millions of people facing death. Kline also
offered the story to a number of magazines including Life, Playboy, The
@ -325,7 +324,7 @@ following judges who selected the top ten "censored" stories of 1991.</p>
<p>Richard Barnet, Senior Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies;</p>
<p>Noam Chomsky,* professor, Linguistics and Philosophy, MIT;</p>
<p>Dr. George Gerbner, professor, Annenberg School of Communications,
University of <span class="GPE">Pennsylvania</span>;</p>
University of <span class="GPE" title="GPE">Pennsylvania</span>;</p>
<p>Nicholas Johnson, * professor, College of Law, University of Iowa;</p>
<p>Rhoda H. Karpatkin, executive director, Consumers Union;</p>
<p>Charles L. Klotzer, editor and publisher, St. Louis Journalism
@ -348,11 +347,11 @@ about the issue supplied by the author when available. If you are
interested in any of these issues, you are encouraged to go to the
original articles, or other sources, for more information. The synopsis
is merely a brief overview of the issue.</p>
<p>From: New Liberation News Service <span class="">nlns@igc.apc.org</span>
<p>From: New Liberation News Service <span class="special">nlns@igc.apc.org</span>
</p>
<p>/* Written 11:38 am Mar 19, 1993 by newsdesk@igc.apc.org in igc:media.issues */
/* ---------- "Project Censored" ---------- */
From: News Desk <span class="">newsdesk</span>
From: News Desk <span class="special">newsdesk</span>
Subject: Project Censored</p>
<p>Events conspired against me but here at long last is the 1992 list
from Project Censored. Hopefully, it has not already been uploaded
@ -401,7 +400,7 @@ war, the hope was that U.S. arms production and sales would be reduced and
replaced with non-military production, but this has not happened. Instead,
the U.S. has now become the world's unchallenged weapons producer and
supplier.
5.<span class="GPE">IRAQGATE</span> AND THE WATERGATE LAW. While some of the disturbing
5.<span class="GPE" title="GPE">IRAQGATE</span> AND THE WATERGATE LAW. While some of the disturbing
facts behind the Iraqgate scandal have started to appear in the press, the
mainstream media all but ignored that story, as well as the quiet demise of
the Watergate Law, for more than a year.
@ -443,9 +442,9 @@ The panel of judges who selected the top ten under-reported
news stories were Dr. Donna Allen, founding editor of Media Report to
Women; Richard Barnet, Senior Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies;
Noam Chomsky, professor, Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; Hugh Downs, host, ABC's "20/20;" Susan
Institute of Technology; Hugh Downs, host, <span class="ORG" title="ORG">ABC</span>'s "20/20;" Susan
Faludi, journalist/author; George Gerbner, professor of communication
and Dean Emeritus, University of <span class="GPE">Pennsylvania</span>; Nicholas Johnson,
and Dean Emeritus, University of <span class="GPE" title="GPE">Pennsylvania</span>; Nicholas Johnson,
professor, College of Law, University of Iowa;
Rhoda H. Karpatkin, president, Consumers Union; Charles L.
Klotzer, editor and publisher, St. Louis Journalism Review; Judith
@ -470,7 +469,7 @@ across the country in April or call 919/942-0220 for more information.
The book features the top 25 "censored" stories of 1992, a chronology
of censorship from 605 B.C. to 1993, and a "censored" resource guide
to alternative publications and groups. It includes an introduction by
Hugh Downs, host of ABC's "20/20," and cartoons by Tom Tomorrow, whose
Hugh Downs, host of <span class="ORG" title="ORG">ABC</span>'s "20/20," and cartoons by Tom Tomorrow, whose
series "This Modern World" is syndicated to over 60 newspapers.
"America's CENSORED Newsletter" (ISSN1061-4230), the first and only
publication to monitor news media censorship and self-censorship on a regular
@ -502,8 +501,8 @@ UNCLASSIFIED, February/March 1992, "The Mena, Arkansas, Story."
September 1992, "The World's Top Arms Merchant," by Frederick Clairmonte; THE
HUMAN QUEST, July/August 1992, "War 'Dividends' -- Military Spending Out of
Balance With Needy," by Tristram Coffin.
5. <span class="GPE">IRAQGATE</span> &amp; THE WATERGATE LAW. COVERT/ACTION INFORMATION
BULLETIN, Fall 1992, "Bush Administration Uses CIA to Stonewall Iraqgate
5. <span class="GPE" title="GPE">IRAQGATE</span> &amp; THE WATERGATE LAW. COVERT/ACTION INFORMATION
BULLETIN, Fall 1992, "Bush Administration Uses <span class="ORG" title="ORG">CIA</span> to Stonewall Iraqgate
Investigation," by Jack Calhoun; WAR AND PEACE DIGEST (NY),
August 1992, "BNL-Iraqgate Scandal;" THE PAPER of Sonoma County (CA),
10/22/92, "Is Bush a Felon?," by Stephen P. Pizzo; THE NEW YORK TIMES,
@ -518,7 +517,7 @@ Creep," by Arthur E. Rowse.
8.GOVERNMENT SECRECY. ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Summer
1992, "The Perils of Government Secrecy," by Steven Aftergood.
9.HOW ADVERTISING PRESSURE CAN CORRUPT A FREE PRESS. THE
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF COMMERCIALISM, 1992, "Dictating Content: How
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF COMMER<span class="ORG" title="ORG">CIA</span>LISM, 1992, "Dictating Content: How
Advertising Pressure Can Corrupt a Free Press," by Ronald K. L. Collins.
10.PENTAGON'S POST COLD WAR BLACK BUDGET. MOTHER JONES,
March/April 1992, "The Pentagon's Secret Stash," by Tim Weiner.</p>
@ -553,7 +552,7 @@ Record, Jerry Brown's 800 Number, Batman Returns/Superman Dies, Polls-Polls-Poll
Ombudsmen comments on the Junk Food News stories included:
"Too many wire editors feel pressured to duplicate in the next day's
paper whatever was on last night's 'Entertainment Tonight' or any number of
other pseudo-news programs." -- William Flynn, <span class="NORP">Patriot</span> Ledger, Quincy, MA.
other pseudo-news programs." -- William Flynn, <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Patriot</span> Ledger, Quincy, MA.
"The media helped Madonna sell her book ... but even the media
couldn't rescue Batman." -- Gina Lubrano, San Diego Union-Tribune.
"Many of the junk food stories this year centered on the presidential
@ -562,10 +561,10 @@ ignore it?" -- Frank Ritter, The Tennessean, Nashville, TN.
"Truly significant news is often oppressively dull or mentally
taxing; the media welcome stories like these to leaven the loaf." --
Kerry W. Sipe, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, VA.
Noting the extensive coverage given British Royalty in the
Noting the extensive coverage given <span class="NORP" title="NORP">British</span> Royalty in the
United States media, Takeshi Maezawa, columnist for The Daily Yomiuri
in Tokyo, points out that the press in Japan mutually agreed not to
cover the <span class="NORP">Japanese</span> Prince's search for a bride.
cover the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Japanese</span> Prince's search for a bride.
Jensen, who also is director of Project Censored which cites
the most important news stories overlooked by the press each year,
notes that the coverage given Dan Quayle's spelling and fight with