Project Censored: Top 25 Censored Stories of 2011

[Karmadillo]

http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/category/top-stories/top-25-of-2011/

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24. War Crimes of General Stanley McChrystal
Top 25 of 2011 A little more than a year before he was fired on June 23, 2010, for making potentially insubordinate remarks in a Rolling Stone profile, General Stanley McChrystal was appointed by President Barack Obama as commander in charge of the war in Afghanistan. He had been formerly in charge of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) <...>

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20. Obama’s Charter School Policies Spread Segregation and Undermine Unions
Top 25 of 2011 Charter schools continue to stratify students by race, class, and sometimes language, and are more racially isolated than traditional public schools in virtually every state and large metropolitan area in the country. Charter schools are often marketed as incubators of educational innovation, and they form a key feature of the Obama administration’s school reform agenda. <...>

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10. US Funds and Supports the Taliban
Top 25 of 2011 In a continuous flow of money, American tax dollars end up paying members of the Taliban and funding a volatile environment in Afghanistan. Private contractors pay insurgents with the hope of attaining the very safety they are contracted to provide. Concurrently, US soldiers pay at checkpoints run by suspected insurgents in order to get safe <...>

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2. US Department of Defense is the Worst Polluter on the Planet
Top 25 of 2011 The US military is responsible for the most egregious and widespread pollution of the planet, yet this information and accompanying documentation goes almost entirely unreported. In spite of the evidence, the environmental impact of the US military goes largely unaddressed by environmental organizations and was not the focus of any discussions or proposed restrictions at <...>

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[KansDem]

1. K&R!!!

Thanks for posting a link to this site.

I believe this organization comes out every year about this time with this list? If not, then I've seen similar lists in previous years.

A great way to keep up with the "real news." :thumbsup:

[Auggie]

2. I'd love to see Olbermann/Maddow report on this too. K&R!

[Jim__]

3. K&R.

[OnyxCollie]

4. K&R. nt

[nashville_brook]

5. 19. Obama Administration Assures World Bank and International Monetary Fund a Free Reign of Abuse

19. Obama Administration Assures World Bank and International Monetary Fund a Free Reign of Abuse

On April 24, 2009, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner hosted meetings with finance ministers from the world’s top economies to discuss increased oversight of the global financial system in the wake of the meltdown. The meetings preceded semi-annual gatherings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Washington, DC.

The April G20 meeting in London secured a lot of positive media attention after world leaders announced a global package of $1.1 trillion for economic recovery and reform, mostly for the IMF. The plan, however, did not include specific information about the much needed operational reforms to the IMF and the World Bank.

Speaking five months later on the eve of the September 2009 G20 summit, Geithner called for higher regulatory standards:
As you know, the United States Congress has a very aggressive schedule to legislate sweeping changes to our financial system that are going to make—provide greater protection for consumers and investors to create a more stable financial system and to try to make sure that taxpayers are no longer on the hook in the future to bear the burdens of financial crises. But we can’t do this alone. If we continue to allow risk and leverage to migrate where standards are weakest, the entire US global financial system will be less stable in the future. We need to see competition for stronger standards, not weaker standards.

How far will the G20 go on the regulation of financial markets? A September 2009 report from Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch emphasized that the World Trade Organization (WTO) has long advanced extreme financial deregulation under the guise of trade agreements that will undermine the current professed push for increasing regulation.

Lori Wallach of Public Citizen warned of the incredible contradiction: “While the summit communiqué is going to, on one hand, talk about regulating finance, at the same time, they’re going to talk about adopting the Doha WTO expansion, and a huge part of that agreement is deregulating finance.” Wallach continued, “The problem is that the G20 commitments aren’t binding. It’s a commitment of faith on the countries about what they’re going to do domestically. But the WTO rules are very binding and enforceable by sanctions. And so, it’s hard to know if it’s ignorance or it’s cynicism, but if the Doha round goes into place, all of the world’s countries will have a commitment not only to keep in place the existing WTO deregulation dictates on finance, but to deregulate further, right in the midst of what seems to be a global commitment to re-regulate.”

[Joanne98]

6. The MSM is worthless!

[Supersedeas]

7. the report what they are paid to report

[stevenleser]

8. Oh good, more anti-Obama hysteria. Because we weren't getting enough...

... being anti-Obama has become the anti-establishment crowd's version of how dressing punk was "anti-establishment" in the 1980s. Of course, it is being compliant with a different establishment, but dont let that slow anyone down who is doing it.

[Hydra]

11. Hysteria?

3. Internet Privacy and Personal Access at Risk

Following in the steps of its predecessor, the Obama administration is expanding mass government surveillance of personal electronic communications. This surveillance, which includes the monitoring of the Internet as well as private (nongovernmental) computers, is proceeding with the proposal or passage of new laws granting government agencies increasingly wider latitude in their monitoring activities. At <...>

Your tax dollars at work. Care to defend it?

[Pale Blue Dot]

12. Do you have a specific, factual refutation of the OP?

If so, I would be interested to read it.

[stevenleser]

15. Sure, it's all either incorrect or hyperbole.

But if you want me to go through all 25 and provide links, etc., you are going to have to pay me.

[Warren Stupidity]

17. so you have nothing.

[stevenleser]

19. No, I have it all. I'm just not willing to spend the time to type it out for free.

$1000 ought to do it. Let me know.

[Karmadillo]

20. Why don't you offer up a couple of samples of your work? Just debunk a couple. We'll

let you know at that point if we think your work is worth $1000.

[Warren Stupidity]

22. this might be the worst attempt at an argument I've ever seen here.

[Ignis]

25. Every single one? I call steaming horseshit on your assertion.

Here's my assertion: The Earth is flat. But if you want me to bother to provide even one iota of support for this ridiculous assertion, you'll have to pay me.

Sound familiar? :shrug:

[Warren Stupidity]

16. that is silly

This is an annual list of what the mainstream media 'forgot' to discuss much. That a lot of it happens to be about US policy is also an annual occurrence. Obama is allegedly in charge of what our government is doing. QED.

[walldude]

23. They post this list every year.

So they started these lists years and years ago just so when Obama finally became president they could use it to promote anti-Obama hysteria........ :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


The only thing hysterical here is the fact that people see anti-Obama plots everywhere they look.

[Ignis]

24. What the fuck?

See subject for details. I mean, really.

[bobthedrummer]

9. K&R

[LWolf]

10. k&r

[deminks]

13. k & r & bookmarked

[jotsy]

14. As always a great list of what we most needed to know but no one thought should be told.

RECOMMENDED.

[wildbilln864]

18. k&r! nt

[SpiralHawk]

21. The k

...and the r

[EFerrari]

26. Kick

[hfojvt]

27. dang, 2011 hasn't even starting and the censors are already at work!

Do they always date their lists a year ahead?

[newspeak]

28. You can get the "Project Censored" book

I started buying the book in 1997; however, in the middle of Little Boot's reign (2006), I quit buying-too depressing. Maybe I'll buy this years copy since real journalism should be supported.