Project Censored asks “nearly 200 university faculty, students, and community experts” to review a thousand news items. The team selects twenty-five news items they feel were “ignored or downplayed by the mainstream media” last year; a panel of judges then ranks those stories in terms of their importance.
These people aren’t conspiracy kooks. Their documentation is extensive, meticulous, and made available to anyone who wishes to review it. Walter Cronkite positions the group’s work as a barometer for determining the extent to which “our newspapers and our broadcasting outlets are practicing thorough and responsible journalism.”
Today, Project Censored released its Top News Stories You Didn’t Hear. Among them:
– The 2004 Election appears Fraudulent. Exit polls indicated Kerry would win the 2004 election by a margin of five million votes. Bush, however, was reported the winner by three million votes. A discrepancy of eight million votes is “a statistical impossibility,” and — tellingly — vote counts varied from exit poll predictions only in precincts where electronic voting machines were used. The mainstream media refused to cover this story, even when the companies producing the voting machines were found to have strong political ties to the Bush administration.
– The Bush Administration is the Most Secretive in American History. The Bush White House did everything in its power to “erode open government,” from narrowing the scope of the Freedom of Information Act to simply refusing to provide information demanded by congressional subcommittees and the Government Accountability Office.
– America’s Military may be Guilty of Gross Atrocities. The United States military committed “grave breeches of the Geneva Convention” during its assault on Fallujah, from employing illegal phosphorous bombs to executing “families waving white flags.”
– The Pentagon Discourages Free Coverage of the War in Iraq. The Pentagon discouraged free and open reporting on the war in Iraq by refusing to provide even basic protection for journalists who would not agree to be “embedded” with U.S. troops.
Click here to see all twenty-five under-reported stories … and here to see a remarkable list of all the things you must believe if, in fact, you believe Bush legitimately won the 2004 election.
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