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Censored 2020

Mickey Huff Andy Lee Roth

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English
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
08 October 2019
"In the midst of Trump's attacks on the media, comes this look at the rigorous, independent reporting of the year's most underreported news stories.

In the midst of Trump's attacks on the media, comes this look at the rigorous, independent reporting of the year's most underreported news stories.

While the country's president displays a brazen disregard for the First Amendment and routinely demonizes the press as ""the enemy of the people,"" Censored 2020 looks beyond Donald Trump's dizzying contempt for the truth to clarify the corporate media's complicity in misinforming the American public--while also providing a clear vision of a better future, based on rigorous, trustworthy independent reporting that presents a fuller picture of truth. With a discerning eye, Censored 2020 focuses the public's attention on the most important but underreported news stories of 2018-2019. These stories expose the corporate news media's systemic blind spots while highlighting the crucial role played by independent journalists in providing the kind of news necessary for informed, engaged citizens. The book also examines this year's lowlights in ""junk food news"" and ""news abuse""--further revealing how corporate news often functions as propaganda--as well as highlights of exemplary organizations that champion ""Media Democracy in Action."" Additional chapters address the importance of constructive journalism, the untold story of Kashmir, news coverage of LGBTQ issues in the Trump era, ""fake news"" as a Trojan horse for censorship, and online memes as a form of political communication."
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Imprint:   Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 210mm,  Width: 140mm, 
Weight:   368g
ISBN:   9781609809607
ISBN 10:   1609809602
Pages:   304
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Mickey Huff is director of Project Censored and serves on the board of the Media Freedom Foundation. To date, he has edited or coedited six volumes of Censored and contributed numerous chapters to these works dating back to 2008. Additionally, he has coauthored several chapters on media and propaganda for other scholarly publications, including Flashpoint in Ukraine from Clarity Press (2014). He is currently a professor of social science and history at Diablo Valley College in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he is co-chair of the history department. Huff is the co-host, with former Project Censored director Dr. Peter Phillips, of The Project Censored Show, a weekly syndicated public affairs program that originates from KPFA Pacifica Radio in Berkeley, California. For the past several years, Huff has served on the national planning committee of Banned Books Week, working with the American Library Association and the National Coalition Against Censorship, of which Project Censored is a member. He is also a longtime musician and composer. He lives with his family in Northern California. Andy Lee Rothis the associate director of Project Censored, where he coordinates the Project's Validated Independent News program. His research, on topics ranging from ritual to communities organizing for parklands, has been published in journals including theInternational Journal of Press/Politics;Social Studies of Science;Media, Culture & Society;City & Community; andSociological Theory. Roth earned a PhD in sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a BA in sociology and anthropology at Haverford College. A native of California, he now lives in Washington State.

Reviews for Censored 2020

Project Censored sets the standard for the Fourth Estate, shedding light on important stories that would otherwise remain obscure and allowing citizens to demand justice and solutions. --Ted Rall, syndicated cartoonist and columnist [Censored] should be affixed to the bulletin boards in every newsroom in America. And, perhaps, read aloud to a few publishers and television executives. --Ralph Nader Project Censored is a lifeline to the world's most urgent and significant stories. The Project's list of the top stories . . . should in fact drive the reporting agendas of every major news outlet. --Naomi Klein, author of No is Not Enough


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