Censored: The News That Didn't Make the News--And Why: The 1995 Project Censored Yearbook

Apart from its historical interest, this book should be read for its excellent 'Eclectic Chronology of Censorship from 605 B.C. to 1995'. The list starts with Jehoiakim, king of Judah, who burns Jeremiah's prophesies which he had ordered himself! It goes over the Zapruder film (still censored) to the Telecommunications Deregulation Bill (TDB) of 1995. It is a long list of interventions by the moral establishment, against women (e.g. birth control), nudity or Darwinism, and for the protection of its own socio-economic interests. As the book states: 'Censorship is a tool of a powerful elite which attempts to control society through the manipulation of thought, speech and all other forms of expression.' The TDB opened the way for mega-mediamonopolies, for which 'maximizing profits and broadcasting junk food news' stand for information of the public. The first phrase of Fred Friendly's book 'Due to Circumstances Beyond our Control': 'What the American people don't know can kill them' is still shocking but all too real. This book contains an excellent index and is a must read for all democrats.

this book is an excelent, well researched, well written insight into the events that one would never learn of from any other source.its comics by tom tomorrow are also very intreguiging. i woulkd reccomend this to anyone who want to discover the truth in todays media-driven soceity.

This book outlines the stories that didn't, but should have, made the news. Very informative! Finishing this book has made me even more 'curious' about the daily written, TV and radio news.

This yearbook of sorts is a must read for anyone interested in staying abreast of the important world happenings that don't quite get the coverage they deserve, if any, by mainstream media sources. This year's edition upholds the tradition of this great series by being as informative, provocative, and highly readable as any of the previous years' editions. I was also happy to find that Project Censored has continued to include the inciteful and twistedly entertaining comics of Tom Tomorrow .

The title of the book is Censored 2000, and the idea is good. One of the books is done every year--it tells of the stories the media prefers you don't know, shows a side to the news seldom seen, showing how the mindless time used for uplifting yet mindless stories about getting some cat out of a tree could be better used to show the facts of the Abu-Jamal case or something more controversial. It makes you think back to those nights you turned the news off with a disgusted sigh, saying, "There's no news." And whether you approve or disapprove of the stories, whether something tugs at you, saying This Couldn't Be...no matter how many times you are positive the book is a heap of lies...it makes you think about truth, the monopoly that may exist in the media. It can do what many other books try in vain to do and miss...it will make you think. And that is the greatest revelation your mind can receive. The book also contains an intro by Mumia Abu-Jamal, a black journalist who was convicted of killing a Philadelphian policeman, though much evidence shows this not to be true. Just reading the introduction makes the book completely worth any money you fork over for it.