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CENSORED Project: CENSORED H OW TH E St. Louis Journalism Review; Judith MORE CENSORED Krug, director, Office for Intellectual TO P TE N Freedom, American Library Association; STORIES Frances Moore Lappe’, founder and co- director, Institute for the Arts of U N D E R- Democracy; John McLaughlin, executive Marking its 15-month anniversary, producer, Oliver Productions Inc.; Bill WORLD PERSPECTIVES magazine has R EPO RTE D Moyers, executive editor, Public Affairs also released its list of the Ten Most Television, Inc.; Jack L. Nelson, profes- Censored Stories of the last 12 months. STORI ES WER E sor, graduate school of education, ¢ THE GULF WAR, which perhaps Rutgers University; Herbert I. Schiller, received the least media coverage of C H OOSE N professor emeritus of communication, any war in the history of mass commu- University of California, San Diego; and nications. Sheila Rabb Weidenfeld, president, D.C. ¢ THE SITUATION IN PANAMA The panel of judges who selected the Productions. where the effects of the US invasion top ten under-reported news stories: Dr. Prof. Carl Jensen, who created Project almost 1% years ago are still present and Dona Allen, founding editor of Media Censored in 1976, said “This media where allegations of high-ranking drug Report to Women; Ben Bagdikian, pro- _ research project has been called an ‘early trafficking and corruption continue. fessor emeritus, graduate school of jour- _ warning system’ for the nation. ¢ CIA KIDNAPPING OF HUN- nalism, University of California at The number of military and financial DREDS OF LIBYAN POW’S from Berkeley; Richard Barnet, Institute for and economic issues that were under- Chad in December 1990. Policy Studies; Noam Chomsky, profes- _ reported in 1990 surely provided an omi- ¢ CIA LINKS TO RECENTLY sor of linguistics and philosophy, nous warning of what the United States EXPOSED EUROPEAN SECRET Massachusetts Institute of Technology; could expect in 1991.” PARA-MILITARY ORGANIZA- Dr. George Gerbner, rofessor, Anyone interested in nominating a TIONS, started in the 50’s by the US Annenberg School of Communications, “censored’’ story of 1991 can send a copy and NATO. University of Pennsyl-vania; Nicholas of the story to Carl Jensen, Project ¢ THE NUCLEAR ISSUE, both at Johnson, professor, College of Law, Censored, Sonoma State University, home and abroad. University of Iowa; Rhoda H. Karpatkin, Rohnert Park, California 94928. ¢ THE PLIGHT OF CHILDREN executive director, Con-sumer’s Union; Deadline for nominations is Nov. 1, WORLDWIDE, 40,000 of whom die Charles L. Klotzer, editor and publisher, 1991. daily of preventable causes. « ISRAEL’S INVOLVEMENT IN WEAPONS TRAFFICKING TO COLOMBIAN DRUG LORDS and the alleged involvement of a former Israeli general in the assassination of presidential candidate Carlos Galan. * EL SALVADOR’S FRAUDULENT ELECTIONS and the continuing repression in that country. * EVENTS IN OTHER CENTRAL AMERICAN NATIONS; Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica. ¢ THE WAR ON DRUGS and its hid- den agendas. PROJECT CENSORED IN AUSTRALIA? It has been suggested that we Australians have our own version of Project Censored. Nexus is now open for nominations, send details of what you thing is or are the most media ignored (or even sup- pressed) stories of the year. Send to: Nexus Magazine, c/- Post Office, Mapleton. Qld. 4560. HOW THE TOP TEN STORIES UNDER-_ REPORTED NEXUS - 26 MORE CENSORED Sh YEAR BOOK - JULY/AUGUST 1991