[Campaigns-l] OT: Top 25 Censored Stories of 2006

[Stephen Abbott]

Is this a media wiki, or a politics wiki? Yeah, they overlap, but mostly
because the list plays politics with the media.

This is a politically charged list, pushing one side of a political agenda,
and it's going to polarize, not bring people together. Period. It's as
biased as much as a list of "Anti-Christian news stories" would be, if it
was put out by Pat Robertson's supporters.

Both lists may have some valid points (and some pretty bizarre points) but
is that what we want to debate here?

Stephen A.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Mocek" <pmocek-list-wikia at mocek.org>
To: <campaigns-l at wikia.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 8:34 PM
Subject: [Campaigns-l] OT: Top 25 Censored Stories of 2006


> On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 05:39:42PM -0400, Stephen Abbott wrote:
> > I hope that type of one-sided, irrelevant political ranting
> > NEVER gets "pushed" onto the Wiki.
> >
> > We get enough of this from the media and on the crazy blogs.
>
> What???  Project Censored's yearly top-25 lists contain stories
> that are specifically "overlooked, under-reported or
> self-censored" by the major American news media.  The intent is,
> I believe, to expose media self-censorship.
>
> Extensive background information for each story is found on their
> Web site: <http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2006/index.htm>
>
> Irrelevant to this list, maybe, but "one-sided"?  On what "side"
> is a list of stories of great social significance that our free
> press chooses to ignore?  Stories such as, for instance, "#19
> Child Wards of the State Used in AIDS Experiments."  What is the
> other side of that story?
> <http://www.projectcensored.org/censored_2006/index.htm#19>
>
> -- 
> Phil Mocek
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