If you haven't been exposed to Project Censored, plan on spending several hours reading about the kind of media suppression and bias that we cover daily here at C&L.
Every year they compile a list of the top 25 news stories that you just didn't hear about through the traditional media. Here's 2008's List:
# 1 No Habeas Corpus for "Any Person"
# 2 Bush Moves Toward Martial Law
# 3 AFRICOM: US Military Control of Africa's Resources
# 4 Frenzy of Increasingly Destructive Trade Agreements
# 5 Human Traffic Builds US Embassy in Iraq
# 6 Operation FALCON Raids
# 7 Behind Blackwater Inc.
# 8 KIA: The US Neoliberal Invasion of India
# 9 Privatization of America's Infrastructure
# 10 Vulture Funds Threaten Poor Nations' Debt Relief
# 11 The Scam of "Reconstruction" in Afghanistan
# 12 Another Massacre in Haiti by UN Troops
# 13 Immigrant Roundups to Gain Cheap Labor for US Corporate Giants
# 14 Impunity for US War Criminals
# 15 Toxic Exposure Can Be Transmitted to Future Generations on a "Second Genetic Code"
# 16 No Hard Evidence Connecting Bin Laden to 9/11
# 17 Drinking Water Contaminated by Military and Corporations
# 18 Mexico's Stolen Election
# 19 People's Movement Challenges Neoliberal Agenda (Free Trade through Central and South America)
# 20 Terror Act Against Animal Activists
# 21 US Seeks WTO Immunity for Illegal Farm Payments
# 22 North Invades Mexico
# 23 Feinstein's Conflict of Interest in Iraq
# 24 Media Misquotes Threat From Iran's President
# 25 Who Will Profit from Native Energy?
Background and updates on all these stories available at Project Censored.
