Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2003-2004

An anonymous reader writes "Project Censored has come out with its list of the most censored media stores of 2003-2004. Some of the gems are "Bush Administration Censors Science", "U.S. Develops Lethal New Viruses", "Media and Government Ignore Dwindling Oil Supplies" and "Reinstating the Draft"."

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Reinstating the Draft

[superpulpsicle]

Heh, god knows how many Bush wannabes say the Bill was dead. The National Act was pretty damn close to reinstating it IMHO. Someone will scream out "No it wasn't". The saddest part is Kerry will do no different. All a part of conspiracy 101... population control. Whoo wheee.

Re:Here's the list

[Angry Toad]

They are? That's very interesting. Do you have any way of supporting that contention other than just saying it is so?

No? Thought not.

That's not censorship

[Anonymous Coward]

This is censorship.

But, I guess it's ok, since Mugabe is "anti-imperialist" or something--yes, leftists actually peddle lines like that to excuse the crimes of their favoured dictators!

Here's another suppressed story the left won't talk about, because it might threaten the purity of another sacred cow. And to think, the same people who screamed for every spoiled ballot in the 2000 presidential election to be counted want to go by a quick overview of a few machines to declare a stolen referendum legitimate. Pathetic, but it's the kind of hypocrisy you have to expect from the left.

Re:How are these "censored"?

[Darby]

he was going on and on about the media (which oddly enough is controlled by his lefty buddies)

If you're really that out of touch with reality as to believe something this insane, how could anybody take anything you say with any seriousness?

Name me one "leftist" gigantic corporation that owns a major media franchise.

Let's see, ClearChannel?
Nope, huge right wing supporters.

G.E.?
Right, major weapons manufacturers hate leaders who make up excuss to invade countries and create a demand for more of their products.

NewsCorp?
Bah.

Please, get a grip. Quit repeating ignorant lies which have zero basis in reality and which nobody with a scrap of sense or integrity believes anymore.

Re:The media is socially--not economically--libera

[SQL Error]

yes, the media is clearly SOCIALLY liberal. What I mean is that they favor the officially "approved" liberal agenda issues, such as abortion, gun rights, gay marriage, etc.

Agreed. Though I'd note they are largely for restricting gun rights, that being the "approved" liberal position.

But the media is NOT ECONOMICALLY liberal. By that I mean that they do NOT favor a progressive taxation structure, such as America had in the past, and as most of Europe STILL has, which is why Europeans have universal healthcare, years of unemployment benefits, welfare for poor single people, and the whole social safety net.

... And are completely bankrupt.

That's not economic liberalism, that's socialism, and it's a tried and tested surefire way to destroy your economy. See: Russia, Eastern Europe, France, Germany...

And the American mainstream media does tend to push massive government aid programs as the cure to, well, pretty much everything.

The media also favors free trade.

I certainly wouldn't take that as a given.

If you are really liberal, economically liberal, you do not favor free trade. That is a conservative thing.

Hence the massive protectionism favoured by the EU. No, wait...

Re:How are these "censored"?

[b17bmbr]

you mean to tell me that abc, cbs, nbc, cnn, nytimes, latimes, all are not run by liberals. c'mon. take two stories. one, bush awol. dozens of stories about it, and nothing substantiates it. two, swift vets. the MSM didn't eve touch it for weeks, until the blogosphere was running wild. kerry admits he was never in cambodia and the nytimes still doesn't report it. it's not just what is reported, it's what's not. the economy is doing as well as it was when clinton was re-elected. then the economy was booming. today, it's in the tank? huh? it's called bias. there are a million other examples. why do you think conservative talk radio took off? they had no where else to go. that is the truth.

wally world

[nursedave]

What is really funny (not funny ha-ha) is how activists piss and moan that the big corporations don't care about their communities; the governments (local, state, and I believe even federal) are paying for people to locate businesses in those neighborhoods. Then, when a private corporation like WalMart wants to do exactly that, the screams of 'job loss' begin.

I have a friend who is a cop, and I was riding out with him. Once he was arresting this guy in a rough neighborhood for an outstanding warrant. Someone on a nearby porch started yelling at him to leave folks alone, saying he was arresting this guy for being black. Then he said, "why don't you do something about all the drugs here?" Sorry, can't have it both ways.....

Re:How are these "censored"?

[nursedave]

The fact that people can argue with a straight face that the media is not liberal makes me laugh my ass off. Self delusional fantasy. One lefty nutball I work with argued with me that the media isn't leftist, and his proof was, "Time warner is a big multinational corporation."

That was it. The whole argument - this media company is large, ergot, it is conservative.

Uhm, ok...