For a research paper in my 10th grade English class, I chose the topic "censorship". I've been doing some research and finding some interesting sites online, and I've stumbled across a nifty little site called Project Censored. According to the site...
we examine the coverage of news and information important to the maintenance of a healthy and functioning democracy. We define Modern Censorship as the subtle yet constant and sophisticated manipulation of reality in our mass media outlets. On a daily basis, censorship refers to the intentional non-inclusion of a news story – or piece of a news story – based on anything other than a desire to tell the truth. Such manipulation can take the form of political pressure (from government officials and powerful individuals), economic pressure (from advertisers and funders), and legal pressure (the threat of lawsuits from deep-pocket individuals, corporations, and institutions).So they put a list together of the top 25 censored stories of each year, going back to 1975. They also provide updated news and real time stuff like that.
I encourage you to go check them out at http://www.projectcensored.org/!
Shawn
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