Hear Dr. Peter Phillips of Project Censored

Milw. Students for a Democratic Society, 27.09.2007 12:53

Wednesday, October 3, 7pm
UWM Union Ballroom
Free & open to the public

“Project Censored is one of the organizations we should listen to, to be assured that our newspapers and our broadcasting outlets are practicing thorough and ethical journalism.” –Walter Cronkite

Project Censored is a media research group out of Sonoma State University which has tracked the news since 1976. Project Censored compiles an annual list of 25 news stories of social significance that have been overlooked, under-reported or self-censored by the country's major national news media. Professor of Sociology Dr. Peter Phillips has been directing these efforts since 1996.

Hundreds of stories are submitted to Project Censored each year. Project
Censored reviews the story submissions for coverage, content, reliability of sources and national significance. The university community selects 25 stories to submit to the Project Censored panel of judges who then rank them in order of importance. Current or previous national judges include Noam Chomsky, Michael Parenti, and Howard Zinn. All 25 stories are featured in the yearbook, Censored: The News That Didn't Make the News, whose release has developed into a national alternative press event. In 2003, along with several independent national magazines, over 40 alternative newsweeklies carried the Top 10 Censored stories in metropolitan areas throughout the country, and Project Censored was featured on more than 125 independent talk radio and television shows.

Sponsored by Students for a Democratic Society at UW-Milwaukee. For more
information, see www.sdsmilwaukee.org, and www.projectcensored.org

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