Project Censored 2003 Underreported Stories

gobbo writes "Project Censored has released its top 25 underreported stories for 2002-3. Everyone needs to find out about these as part of a daily anti-propaganda vitamin, but /.ers should be particularly interested in #6: "Closing Access to Information Technology," in which Arthur Stamoulis reports on how the conglomeration of control over the physical networks threatens access to content. Alternative links suggested for more info: the Center for Digital Democracy, Media Tank, and Free Press. Double plus good I say, who wants all that information anyway!"

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Its really not true

[jj_johny]

I have to laugh/cry when I see some uniformed person sobbing about how expensive things are, how access is controlled by the corporations, etc. These are the same folks who claim that its a shame that there is only one newspaper in most markets. Hey if the people would pay for it, then the products would be produced but instead the public wants to buy Starbucks coffee but not pay for broadband cause its too expensive. And now the only institutions that can afford to put out the big bucks to build out and support these new products are big companies (for the most part). Please study basic business management and economics and lots more of what you see today will make sense.

Oh christ, this IS propaganda

[dankdirk77]

It's all a Liberal political viewpoint!! How could you /.?

Don't you think these would be a better TOP 25 Censored Stories:

#1 The NEO-SOCIALIST plan to take your freedom
#2 Homeland Security obstructionist liberals
#3 US Goes to Iraq, liberates nation
#4 Howard Deans plan to pacify terrorists
#5 The effort to pay off Unions and cripple business
#6 Using information technology for propaganda
#7 Treaty signing by the United States
#8 Human Shields knowingly commit treason
#9 Afghanistan success
#10 Nelson Mandela is a liberal
#11 Taliban implicated in U.S. massacre (9/11)
#12 Liberal censorship and shoutdowns
#13 US Military defends country for over 200 years
#14 Illegal Aliens
#15 South Korea: Lucky to be free
#16 France: evil
#17 NPR's liberal slant
#18 Forestry now banned profession
#19 US cannot manufacture goods with all the regulations
#20 World-class military
#21 Grey Davis california budget coverup
#22 Welfare still a hand out
#23 Longshoreman Union average pay $125k / yr
#24 Palestinians blow up kids in pizza stands
#25 Liberals kill more American business

Re:Oh christ, this IS propaganda

[MKalus]

#1 The NEO-SOCIALIST plan to take your freedom
Can you be a bit more specific? By providing Healthcare for everyone?

#2 Homeland Security obstructionist liberals
Worse, in the future it might obstruct you as well, imagine if all of the sudden the liberals get into power and use the same laws?

#3 US Goes to Iraq, liberates nation
Yes, I am sure people are happy that they are now at the brink of a three tiered civil and relgious war.

#4 Howard Deans plan to pacify terrorists
Got any more details? Sounds interresting.

#5 The effort to pay off Unions and cripple business
Because companies are always very concious about their employees the environment and possess and abundance of ethics. We don't need to stinking unions.

#6 Using information technology for propaganda
While the current Administration as well as the Republican party decided to go back to the good old days where typewriter ruled the world, as well as AM Radios.

#7 Treaty signing by the United States
Pretty much telling the world to go and pay more for the Oil they need because "We're the US".

#8 Human Shields knowingly commit treason
Surviving Human Shields going to be detained in Guantanmo Bay as "illegal combatants". "This is for our nations security" President Bush said in a brief press appearance before he went to his Ranch in Texas to relax for the weekend.

#9 Afghanistan success
Women are free again to wear the Burkha, no need to buy the latest fashion from the west. "Women are now truly liberated," Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said during a press briefing, "they can now choose the colour of their garment freely.".

#10 Nelson Mandela is a liberal
The Whitehosue regretted to have met with Mr. Mandela several times over the past couple of years and calls it all a "big misunderstanding".

#11 Taliban implicated in U.S. massacre (9/11)
Unfortunatly the court documents had to be sealed for the countries protection, as Mrs. Rice pointed out during a brief Interview: "The details are just too shocking, we, as a responsible government, cannot allow people to be scared by the horrid truth that we have uncovered. Please, think of the children."

#12 Liberal censorship and shoutdowns
Brave Texas Rangers are trying to regain control of the Information Infrastructure and spread the truth to the masses. Dan Rather was seen briefly on Televison promising his full support to the Bush Administration to do "whatever it takes".

#13 US Military defends country for over 200 years
Mainly off shore, as we all know a war at home leaves a mess that not even Tide can get out.

#14 Illegal Aliens
Where spotted today cleaning up the washroom in a restaurant downtown NY on Broadway, news at 11.

#15 South Korea: Lucky to be free
"We wouldn't know what we would do without the US help. It is expensive to build a death zone between two countries and maintain all those mines." says Yoon Young-kwan, south Koreas Foreign Minister on a visit to Washington D.C. while eating at a Burger King near 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

#16 France: evil
Germany more evil, tries to dominate the world (again), US prepares to free the world once more.

#17 NPR's liberal slant
FoxNews is "fair and balanced". (We know because they say so).

#18 Forestry now banned profession
Ford Announces new SUV, twice the size of a Hummer, three times the horse power and a gas tank holding 200 Gallons. No MPG available at this time, but pre-order now, they will sell like hot-cakes.

#19 US cannot manufacture goods with all the regulations
But companies found out tha

Liberal?

[siskbc]

I didn't realize that being liberal was equivalent with being interested in the what actually happens in the world, instead of what gets filtered through the short attention span, J-Lo and Ben sieve.

No, but when EVERY one of those "censored" stories clearly have the same agenda (ie, being miles left of center), it is fair to assume that the site's reporting is pretty highly slanted. Every one of those was an attack piece with damned shady "evidence". That's not news, that's propaganda.

I mean honestly, that stuff was up there with the conservative AIDS conspiracies from a few years ago. Would you agree that they were just people who were "interested in what happens in the world" ? I doubt it very much.

There's nothing wrong with being liberal, but this site gives non-paranoid-delusional liberals a bad name.

Re:Yes, these people know all about dblspeak

[Red Rocket]

Yes. Anything that doesn't result in more profit to corporations is simply "emotionalism." We must not let emotionalism interfere with our quests for oil, money, and power. We must stomp our Jack boots on those who would point out the seedy underbelly of our crusade. Eliminate emotions! We will be profitable!

Or How about...

[starcraftsicko]

* The socialist antiwar movement.

* Why Bush opponents hope for US casualties in Itaq.

* How current Iraqi militant unrest is largely the result of US policy to allow Iraqi soldiers to return home without being defeated (slaughtered).

Re:Great articles...

[Zigg]

Right, because we all need to get our news from the Tinfoil Hat Brigade.

Re:list of stories

[argStyopa]

#27: How to present a political agenda whilst masquerading as a news piece.

Oh shut up.

[LibertineR]

Slashdotters dont need an hour if debate before detecting leftist bullshit. If I rubbed Cow Feces on your face, how long would you need to know that it is bullshit? Take a wif, stupid. Bullshit stinks from the moment you get near it.

Re:list of stories

[nutshell42]

#27: Bush is secretly following "The White Flag Principle".

Current objectives:
How to ruin a flourishing economy -accomplished-
How to manage a bumbling foreign policy; -in progress-

Re:list of stories

[argStyopa]

If you are trying to make the feeble point that fox is conservative, what a shock.

I would point out that the New York Times has been slanting stories strongly to the left for what, a CENTURY more than Fox has even existed?

Or do you really think project Censored's 'list' is worth more than the tinfoil hat under which it was conceived?

Re:list of stories

[argStyopa]

Wow, Al Franken posts on these boards?
LOL you're a riot.

"there isn't a major media organization in this country that has the slightest hint of a liberal leaning in at least 20 years."
Holy Mother of God, I didn't realize /. reached that far. (I mean, to make a statement like this, you CAN'T be from this planet.)

To say things like "the whole gay marriage issue doesn't exist on the political spectrum" - maybe you need a little more oxygen?

Sounds like the required reading list...

[phoneyman]

for "Whiny Liberal Bitches 101". C'mon, couldn't there be something in there that's actual news as compared to made-up conspiracy crap that's being recycled here? Pierre

Re:Yawn...

[clustermonkey]

What the HELL are you talking about? SUVs, guns,.... what?!
If you think that global politics has to do with a car I don't drive, or that the conservative point of view is concerned solely with tools, you're eiter grossly uninformed or completely insane.

Just For The Record

[N8F8]

#1: Responsible, logic-minded people already control most of the planet.
#2: Laws that disobey the Constitution don't last very long and for the most part I trust the guys and girls in law enforcement to protect us from the baddies (even if they bend the rules a teensy bit.).
#3: UN reports are 99% bullshit just like the UN itself.
#4: Rumsfeld like many members of Bush's staff actually had better, higher paying jobs outside of politics.
#5: Unions are making themselve's extinct by being so corrupt at the top and not standing up for workers.
#6: IT is more free(er -Bushism) today since the citizens of at least two new countries can participate(Afghanistan and Iraq).
#7: Clinton signed a bunch of bullshit in his last year he was too much of a pussy to sign when he would have had to live with the immediate consequences.
#8: Depleted uraniumim is FUCKING DEPLETED URANIUM and the actual chance of harmful effects (impact aside) is small.
#9: Afghanistan is the same dusty shithole it was 100 years ago. Afghanistan never was nor ever will be a paradise but is a least a little better off today.
#10: Africa is a shithole no-one with a brain would want to colonize.
#11: Talibs are nutcases and madrassas should all be bombed into extinction.
#12: Corporations need a death penalty for bad behaviour just like other bad citizens. Corporate death penalty should be viral unto the corporate officers.
#13: The US Military is mostly doing UN and NATO work.
#14: Refugees -listen to old Sam Kennison improv tapes.
#15: Venezuela: coup failed because US left it alone. The people of Venezuela need to try a little harder to get the crooked bastard out of office.
#16: Panama should be annexed.
#17: Clear Channel will not exist in 50 years.
#18: Charter Forest Proposal - beating back tons of unreasonable legislation a little.
#19: U.S. Dollar vs. the Euro -Uhhh, whatever. Think EU civil war within 150 years.
#20: For-Profit Military -I wish. ............