Censored 1997

The 1997 edition of Censored contains 25 articles judged by America’s top journalists and citizen advocates as the most important – and most underreported – stories of the year. Although the 1997 list won’t be finalized until January, examples of 1996 exposes include:
– An article cowritten by Ralph Nader that exposed the Telecommunications Deregulation Bill as a politically bought piece of legislation that paved the way for huge concentrations of media power
– A Mother Jones investigation of a radical plan to dismantle the FDA by a Washington think tank with direct access to Capitol Hill power brokers
– A story in The Nation about the corporate buyout of huge segments of the Internet and the implications for free speech in cyberspace

In addition to the top censored stories of the year, the 1997 yearbook includes Censored Deja Vu , censored stories from past years that finally made it into the mainstream press; Junk Food News , a sampling of stories that passed for news; and a listing of alternative publications that cover the underexposed news of America.

Offers devastating evidence of the dumbing-down of mainstream news in America. Required reading for broadcasters, journalists, and well-informed citizens . – Los Angeles Times