Project Censored

2 months ago | projectcensored.org | Andy Lee Roth

1.8K It began with a man rowing a 1,200-pound pumpkin down the Missouri River. That was the first news item I saw on TV after one of the major cable networks broadcast horrifying, graphic footage of the deadly airstrikes into Gaza launched by Israel Defense Forces on October 7th. The jarring disconnect between the two news items spoke volumes about what’s wrong with corporate news and the version of the world it attempts to sell us.

2 months ago | projectcensored.org | Peter Byrne |Kate Horgan

2.7K The Official Project Censored Show The Stranglehold of Silence: Suppression of Free Speech in the Israel/Palestine Conflict 00:00 / Download file | Play in new window | In the first half of the show, Eleanor sits down with bestselling author and Emmy-nominated filmmaker James Bamford to discuss Israel’s nefarious attacks on our rights to free speech and assembly here in the US. Bamford shares details about the clearly illegal activity of foreign agents working to suppress movements and...

2 months ago | projectcensored.org | Shealeigh Voitl |Steve Macek |Robin Andersen |Kate Horgan

1.1K The Official Project Censored Show Unplugging the News: The Fight for Local Journalism and the State of the Free Press 00:00 / Download file | Play in new window | What happens when wealthy investors buy up local news outlets? Well, in addition to gradually shutting them down and restricting what they report, ironically creating news deserts, they can also memory hole online news archives. For the first part of the program, Mickey Huff is joined by investigative reporter Peter Byrne....

Sep 19, 2024 | projectcensored.org | Mickey Huff

426 Mickey HuffForty-two years ago, on the heels of a landmark Supreme Court decision protecting intellectual freedom in Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico, concerned booksellers, librarians, teachers, and avid readers alike united against what they saw as an alarming rise of book challenges and bans in the United States. To raise awareness about these troubling trends and celebrate the right to read, they created Banned Books Week (BBW).

Nov 29, 2023 | projectcensored.org

Project Censored - Promoting Critical Media Literacy and Covering the News that Didn't Make the News