TylerMC/censorship

This year's top 25 most censored news stories was released this morning. I've put them in an article for easier reading. Feedback always welcome--Tyler MC

I find the comments by others on this rather disturbing because it shows the level of ignorance in America as to the dramatically elevated incidents of suicide of our troops not being reported in the American press. Project Censored covered this in their TOP 25 Most Censored Stories of 2007. In fact simply spend some time on the Winter Soldiers website or Veterans for Peace and you'll discover this is an epidemic.

I just got an e-mail from Mohammed Omer, this year's recipient of the 2008 Martha Gellhorn Prize for excellence in Journalism which he shared with Iraq journalist, Dar Jamal For the past three weeks he's been doing a speaking tour of Europe, speaking before parliament, universities, journalists and others about the facts on the ground in Gaza, they things Israel would prefer not be known. Now that he's finished his speaking and awards tour in Europe and now the Israelis are refusing to let him go back home to Gaza. As you know, if they can prevent him from returning they can declare him no longer a resident.
Here's what he sent me:
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Hi Laura,

I am stuck in Jordan, Israel doesn't want me back and I am on transit
visa here since Sat. Israel have given negatives replies to all
diplomats from Europe. I have no idea what will happen. this is very
frustrating for me. my other brother is getting married tomorrow. I
wish if i could be there!

Mohammed

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Mohammed's reporting for the Washington Report and Morgensbladt has been causing a lot of problems for the Israelis because they haven't been able to hide the war crimes from the outside world. When they let him out, I had a feeling they'd try this. The purpose of preventing a journalist from returning home to continue to cover the Occupation and Siege of Gaza is obviously intended to silence him.
Please get this out to the media, journalist organizations, human rights groups...anyone who will listen. Pressure has to come from the grassroots worldwide. Ask people to call or e-mail the Israeli embassies in their countries and the Israeli papers demanding that the Israeli government allow Mohammed Omer to go home to Gaza. This is a blatant attempt at censorship. It's an attempt to silence the most powerful voice out of Gaza and Israel prides itself on its image as a 'democracy'. We need to use their fear of looking bad to motivate them. Please help by letting your readers know about this. Mohammed's blog is rafahtoday.org

A friend who is a lawyer sent this to me, ( I should also mention he's devote in Judaism but rejects Zionism). See what he has to say and be sure to read the commentary below this from Harvard which Shows The Lobby attempting to censor free speech and information there too.

"Here is another attack on academic freedom and free speech. According to many Pluto Press has a reputation second to none in the academic world: plutobooks.co.uk/shtml/authorguide.shtml [plutobooks.co.uk/shtml/authorguide.shtml]
Pluto's owner and director, Roger van Zwanenberg is Jewish, and that Pluto has published among many the following authors: Daniel Dor, Michel Warschawski, John Rose, Israel Shahak , Nur Masalha, Marc H. Ellis, Noam Chomsky, Jeff Halper, Uri Avnery, and Ghada Karmi. Joel Kovel the author's whose book Overcoming Zionism and the object of the the attacks is himself Jewish. Here is a quote from the article:

'A blog that has defended Pluto is arguing that the "Zionist thought police" inflamed the situation, leading the university to adopt procedures that assured that it would have no choice but to cut ties to Pluto. And that blogger didn't even think Overcoming Zionism was that thoughtful a book in its critique of Israel.'"--EC

This is one of several stories about censorship I'm going to post today.

More of that censorship our nation says doesn't exist.

From the page: In what appears to be another disturbing case of Internet censorship, the major email server Yahoo.com has blocked the delivery of our February 20th newsletter, "Vital 9/11 Information Provides Solid Evidence of Major Cover-up." Two of our regular subscribers who use Yahoo independently notified us that the above email was "not allowed - UP Email not accepted for policy reasons." They have not had problems with other emails sent by us. This statement appears to indicate that the email was blocked because of its title and/or content. We suspect that Yahoo has adopted a policy against its customers receiving information about the 9/11 cover-up. We've heard from various sources that they are not allowing other sensitive political messages as well.

Spy agencies have long used reporters as their cover or conduit. The head of the London Mirror in the 1990's along with their foreign correspondents editor were both outed as Mossad agents. A female Financial Times agent in South America was also outed by Ari Ben Menshe in his 1993 book, Friends in Deed and rumor has it that Anderson Cooper of CNN and at least one CBS 60-minutes 'reporter', (the one that can't report but seems to cover all of the Middle East stuff) are also spooks. We already know FOX News is a propaganda machine. London's Independent tells you a bit more here...enjoy!

Did I mention he names names?

And here is the official press release on Ron Paul #2!

Meanwhile...corporate America tried to close ranks:
MSNBC Disgraceful Towards Paul
For the first time in all the primaries they decide to use a "top 2″ candidate graphic, because Ron Paul is a very close third place with 12%. In all other primaries they show the top three in their default graphic, and for the first time in all the coverage they decide its time to use just the top 2. They still show the top three in the Democrat race, event though Edwards is 36 POINTS behind the second place slot of Hillary, But the don't show Ron Paul third when he is only 1% behind being in second place...
Read MSNBC's disgraceful undemocratic behavior here: charlotteconservative.com/index.php/2008/01/msnbc-disgraceful-towards-paul/ [charlotteconservative.com/index.php/2008/01/msnbc-disgraceful-towards-paul/]

Last time I looked, the US wasn't a dictatorship, tyranny or monarchy. I have a feeling the Project Censored Journalism conference I'm attending Fri-Sunday next weekend will be full of talk about how the American Media is attempting to circumvent free speech and the American people's right to know and vote. Can't wait!

This is my letter to the editor at MSNBC:
MSNBC-
You just lost a viewer and a subscriber.
Your appalling coverage of the Nevada Caucus is just the latest in yours and other media's, you are not alone unfortunately, attempt to minimize and sideline Ron Paul in favor of pro-war, neocon backed and special interests financed candidates completely blows your cover. You have no clothes on and you are as bad as FOX's premium propaganda.

Gentleman, I am a journalist covering international affairs and you make me ashamed of my industry and my country. Your job is to report, inform and be the watch dogs of democracy. You haven't done that in a while. I don't even think you know how anymore.

Thank God for the Internet because I can get news, real news and facts from around the world without having to watch or depend on you. Podcasts are godsend. MSNBC, FOX. ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN...even unfortunately increasingly NPR have gone so far from the main tenets of credibility and journalistic integrity; you're losing your viewers and your readers. It isn't because we don't want news or value news. We just want something worth spending our time on. When you don't report the news because of bias. When you attempt to decide who Americans are allowed to vote for, gentlemen, you've become irrelevant. That is why you're losing revenue, viewers and legitimacy. Try doing your job...for the American people rather than the money people behind our government and corporations.

I'll stick with the BBC, AIC, Spanish Language and Ha'aretz and Al Jazeera. This stunt with Paul proves I cannot trust you anymore. I'm disgusted and I'm not alone. I'm sure it will be one of the big topics at Santa Cruz this upcoming weekend. You know, the conference by Project Censored on Journalistic Integrity in the US and what to do about the lack of it. You've provided an excellent example of the lack there-of.

Try reporting the news for a change. And leave your bias at home.