Who says censorship isn’t alive and well in America? Here are the top 25 censored stories of 2006.
To read these stories, go to http://www.projectc ensored.org/ censored_ 2006/index. htm and scroll down.
#1 Bush Administration Moves to Eliminate Open Government
#2 Media Coverage Fails on Iraq: Fallujah and the Civilian Death
#3 Another Year of Distorted Election Coverage
#4 Surveillance Society Quietly Moves In
#5 U.S. Uses Tsunami to Military Advantage in Southeast Asia
#6 The Real Oil for Food Scam
#7 Journalists Face Unprecedented Dangers to Life and Livelihood
#8 Iraqi Farmers Threatened By Bremer's Mandates
#9 Iran's New Oil Trade System Challenges U.S. Currency
#10 Mountaintop Removal Threatens Ecosystem and Economy
#11 Universal Mental Screening Program Usurps Parental Rights
#12 Military in Iraq Contracts Human Rights Violators
#13 Rich Countries Fail to Live up to Global Pledges
#14 Corporations Win Big on Tort Reform, Justice Suffers
#15 Conservative Plan to Override Academic Freedom in the Classroom
#16 U.S. Plans for Hemispheric Integration Include Canada
#17 U.S. Uses South American Military Bases to Expand Control of the
Region
#18 Little Known Stock Fraud Could Weaken U.S. Economy
#19 Child Wards of the State Used in AIDS Experiments
#20 American Indians Sue for Resources; Compensation Provided to
Others
#21 New Immigration Plan Favors Business Over People
#22 Nanotechnology Offers Exciting Possibilities But Health Effects
Need Scrutiny
#23 Plight of Palestinian Child Detainees Highlights Global Problem
#24 Ethiopian Indigenous Victims of Corporate and Government
Resource Aspirations
#25 Homeland Security Was Designed to Fail


Comments: 6
Now, while our journalistic media claims to hold the position that censorship is wrong in a free country such as America, as an industry, they are driven (heavily influenced) by capitol gain and politics, much like everyone else in a capitalistic society. While we might hope that they hold themselves above that standard when it comes to the truth, it is not very realistic to assume as much.
A whole lot of material was "held back" by the mainstream media.
Bush, Cheyney and the right wing echo chamber of talk radio and Faux News called any dissent treasonous and "friendly to terrorists".
Now, that the peolple have seen throught the deception and fraud of the Bush regime, a lot more will come forward.
Thanks for doing your patriotic duty!
Peter: I sure hope so. It is long overdue. And your welcome!