AltWeeklies Wire
The Dark Days of Lloyd T. Binfordnew
Binford was known from coast to coast as the toughest censor in America.
The Memphis Flyer |
Michael Finger |
05-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
It's Easy for Mobs to Crush Free Expression On the Webnew
Thanks to new, collaborative, social media networks, it's easier than ever for people to get together and destroy freedom of expression. They're going DIY from the bottom up -- instead of the way old-school censors used to do it, from the top down. Call it user-generated censorship.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
04-30-2008 |
Tech
Tech Advice for Dissident Bloggersnew
Blogging is free speech's last frontier against government suppression. It's cheap (free), accessible (easy), and worldwide in seconds (bitchin!). Governments in need of control over information know this -- and they're pissed. So how do you get the word out?
Charleston City Paper |
Joshua Curry |
04-23-2008 |
Tech
Immodest Proposalsnew
Lane exposes the naked truth behind America's wars on indecency.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
08-31-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
White House Brownshirts?new
The mysterious "men in black" who kicked a protester out of a Dick Cheney rally may likely have been secret White House operatives.
Eugene Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
02-16-2006 |
Civil Liberties
All the News They Forgot to Printnew
This book examines the media's sins of omission, led by the lack of reporting on the Bush administration's slow but sure elimination of open government.
The Texas Observer |
Molly Ivins |
01-18-2006 |
Nonfiction
The Man Behind the Self-Cleansing Filmnew
Meet the Utah-based head of CleanFlicks.com: the man who claims to have started the whole DVD-sanitization craze among various Values Belt boobs.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
05-19-2005 |
Media
The People v. Televisionnew
In addition to bad customer service and high rates, Comcast is using cable to strangle democracy. Are they the Wal-Mart of telecom?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Camille T. Taiara |
03-30-2005 |
Media
The Intimidatorsnew
Undercover agents harass activists -- along with a Bay Guardian reporter -- at the Republican National Convention.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Camille T. Taiara |
09-08-2004 |
Politics
Censored! The Runners Upnew
Runners up to the 10 big news stories the national news media ignore.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Bay Guardian Staff |
09-01-2004 |
Media
Censored! 10 Big Stories the National News Media Ignorenew
Wealth inequality, an attack on a human rights law and the Bush administration's manipulation of science are among the 10 big news stories that Project Censored has identified as not receiving the media attention they deserve.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Camille T. Taiara |
09-01-2004 |
Media
Kansas Attorney General Protects Citizens from Lou Reednew
The state of Kansas turned away 1,600 CDs from a shipment of 51,000 that came as part of an anti-trust settlement between the federal government and the recording industry. Nathan Dinsdale visits a public library in the heartland to evaluate what benefit came from being spared Lou Reed, Nas, Soul Asylum and Devo.
You Can't Do That on (U.S.) Televisionnew
Footage of U.S. troops terrorizing a former Iraqi army officer and a night-vision film of a U.S. helicopter crew gunning down suspected insurgents were broadcast in Australia, but media self-censorship keeps such reports from being viewed by the American public.
Boston Phoenix |
Jason Vest |
08-07-2004 |
Media
Artist Shows Censored and Uncensored Versions of Work at Two Museumsnew
For his new show, "Frenetic Engineering: censored/uncensored," artist Umberto Crenca is using two different museum sites to give audiences of diiffering sensibilities a choice.
Providence Phoenix |
Bill Rodriguez |
08-07-2004 |
Art
Ugly is the New Black: Young Should Resist Blandnessnew
We need a revolution of ugly and dangerous art in response to Clear Channel's censorship of an antiwar billboard.
Metroland |
John Rodat |
07-29-2004 |
Commentary
