We Need ‘More Muckrakers and Fewer Buck-Takers’
Mickey Huff for Project Censored Fifty years ago, Carl Jensen founded Project Censored because he knew that journalism was the lifeblood of democracy. He argued that the news media, despite…
A Direct Attack on the Freedom of Speech: Trump Takes On Higher Ed
By: James Libresco for Project Censored And then came the universities. After waging war on public broadcasting and the arts, the Trump administration threatened last month to cut federal funding…
The Militarization and Weaponization of Media Literacy
NATO Invades the Classroom.
The Dawn of AI in National Security — What Does it Mean?
The AI programs and devices and weapons that they're selling to the Pentagon don't work as advertised.
Technogarchy Goes to Washington
Billionaire tech owners who align themselves with whatever administration occupies the White House undermine democracy by threatening a dangerous consolidation of private and public power.
‘This Is Where the Problem Starts’
Western Distortions of the Palestinian Struggle.
The Press Freedom Clock is TikToking
On World Press Freedom Day, we must recognize and support independent, public-interest journalism before it’s too late.
As GQ Absorbs Pitchfork, Music Media Becomes Even More Male-Centric
Who gets left behind when layoffs and mergers undermine inclusivity.
How Corporate Media Outlets Failed Their Readers in 2023
By Robin Andersen / CounterPunch The great failure of the press to carry out the bare minimum of its journalistic mandate—to hold political figures accountable in a representative democracy, and…
Navigating the News Void: From News Deserts to Revitalization
By Andy Lee Roth and Mickey Huff /Project Censored In 1995, early in the development of the global internet, sociologist Michael Schudson imagined how people might process information if journalism…
Dark Money, Leonard Leo and the Anachronistic Supreme Court
When justices are for sale, can citizens rely on the Court to uphold democracy?
Considering Bandcamp’s Changing Role in Music Industry Amid Layoffs
With ownership changes, what happens to an unparalleled source of underground music?
How Big Media Facilitate Israeli War Crimes in Gaza
Corporate media’s dehumanization of Palestinians, lack of historical context, and repeating hearsay as fact make the current tragedy unintelligible to Americans.
The Rising Political Battle Over Censorship: A Danger to Humanity, Acceptance and Understanding
By Da’Taeveyon Daniels / Project Censored In the land of the free and the home of the brave, a wave in the politically charged battle for intellectual freedom has peaked…
Lessons From One Hundred Years of Journalism
By Mischa Geracoulis / Project Censored In Mr. Associated Press, Gene Allen investigates the Associated Press (AP) and its trajectory from a pony express news agency founded in 1846 to…