Censored 2017: the top censored stories and media analysis of 2015-2016 [Fortieth Anniversary edition] 9781609807153, 9781609807160, 1458504352, 1282913891, 9781349224265, 1609807154

Foreword : "Our free press" as a clear and present danger / by Mark Crispin Miller -- Introduction / by Andy L

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English Pages 447 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Year 2016

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Censored 2017: the top censored stories and media analysis of 2015-2016 [Fortieth Anniversary edition]
 9781609807153, 9781609807160, 1458504352, 1282913891, 9781349224265, 1609807154

Table of contents :
Foreword : "Our free press" as a clear and present danger / by Mark Crispin Miller --
Introduction / by Andy Lee Roth and Mickey Huff --
Chapter 1: The top Censored stories and media analysis of 2015-16 / compiled and edited by Andy Lee Roth --
Chapter 2: Déjà vu : strolling down memory hole lane / by Susan Rahman [and 14 others] --
Chapter 3: The corporate media's war on reality: faux elections and facade of DeMockracy: junk food news and news abuse for 2015-16 / by Nolan Higdon [and 22 others] --
Chapter 4: Media democracy in action / by Mnar Muhawesh (MintPress News) [and 7 others] --
Chapter 5: Contested visions, imperfect information, and persistence of conspiracy theories / by Susan Maret --
Chapter 6: Played by the mighty Wurlitzer: the press, the CIA, and the subversion of truth / by Brian Covert --
Chapter 7: Selling empire, war, and capitalism: public relations propaganda firms in service to the transnational capitalist class / by Peter Phillips [and 5 others] --
Chapter 8: Remote control: electronic surveillance and the demise of human dignity / by Elliot D. Cohen --
Chapter 9: Ike's dystopian dream, and how it came true / by Shahid Buttar --
Chapter 10: Who's afraid of critical media literacy? / by Bill Yousman --
Report from the Media Freedom Foundation President: Project censored --
Forty years of American news censorship and propaganda exposed / by Peter Phillips.

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