Project Censored – Keeping the Mainstream News Honest

Here is a great resource discovered on digg.com – Project Censored from Sonoma State University.

Check out their site, which has the endorsement of Walter Cronkite – “Project censored is one of the organizations that we should listen to, to be assured that our newspapers and our broadcast outlets are practicing thorough and ethical journalism.”

Here is a listing of their top stories from last year:

Top 25 Censored Stories for 2007

• 1. Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media
• 2. Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran
• 3. Oceans of the World in Extreme Danger
• 4. Hunger and Homelessness Increasing in the US
• 5. High-Tech Genocide in Congo
• 6. Federal Whistleblower Protection in Jeopardy
• 7. US Operatives Torture Detainees to Death in Afghanistan and Iraq
• 8. Pentagon Exempt from Freedom of Information Act
• 9. The World Bank Funds Israel-Palestine Wall
• 10. Expanded Air War in Iraq Kills More Civilians
• 11. Dangers of Genetically Modified Food Confirmed
• 12. Pentagon Plans to Build New Landmines
• 13. New Evidence Establishes Dangers of Roundup
• 14. Homeland Security Contracts KBR to Build Detention Centers in the US
• 15. Chemical Industry is EPA’s Primary Research Partner
• 16. Ecuador and Mexico Defy US on International Criminal Court
• 17. Iraq Invasion Promotes OPEC Agenda
• 18. Physicist Challenges Official 9-11 Story
• 19. Destruction of Rainforests Worst Ever
• 20. Bottled Water: A Global Environmental Problem
• 21. Gold Mining Threatens Ancient Andean Glaciers
• 22. $Billions in Homeland Security Spending Undisclosed
• 23. US Oil Targets Kyoto in Europe
• 24. Cheney’s Halliburton Stock Rose Over 3000 Percent Last Year
• 25. US Military in Paraguay Threatens Region

Check out what’s cooking this year in their current top stories section.

I found this one of particular interest:  Bush Moves Toward Martial Law.  While this happens, what are our elected officials doing and how are they voting?  Do we have a response by our Representative Elton Gallegly?