Project Censored can be summed up neatly in its mission statement: “to teach students and the public about the role of a free press in a free society — and to tell the news that didn’t make the news, and why.” Peter Phillips, director of the Sonoma State University-based project for 13 years, says he’s finished with reform. It’s impossible, he said in a recent interview, to try to get major news media outlets to deliver relevant news stories that serve to strengthen democracy.... Read more
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