The top 25 stories selected are submitted to a distinguished panel of judges who then rank them in order of importance. The results are published each year in an excellent book available for purchase at their website, amazon.com, and most major book stores.
A summary of the top 25 press censorship stories of 2014 provided below proves quite revealing and most informative. Each summary has a link for those who want to read the entire article. For whatever reason the mainstream media won't report these stories. Yet thanks to the Internet and wonderful, committed groups like Project Censored, the news is getting out. By revealing these examples of press censorship, we can stop the excessive secrecy and work together for a brighter future. And don't miss the "What you can do" section. Please help to spread the word, and take care.
Note: Thanks to the San Francisco Bay Guardian and Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez for use of excerpts from their summaries. To find all of these stories and their sources on the Project Censored website, click here. The press censorship stories below actually cover a 12-month period spanning 2013 and 2014.
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Top 25 Stories of 2014 Subjected to Press Censorship
1. Ocean Acidification Increasing at Unprecedented Rate (For full story, click here)
Our oceans are acidifying — even if the nightly news hasn't told you yet. It’s well known that burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide into the air. Less understood is that 25% of this carbon dioxide is absorbed by oceans. The average acidity of surface ocean waters worldwide is more than 30% greater than at the start of the industrial revolution. The rising carbon dioxide in our oceans burns up and deforms the smallest, most abundant food at the bottom of the food chain. One vulnerable population is the tiny sea butterfly. In only a few short decades, the death and deformation of this fragile species could endanger predators all along the oceanic food web, scientists warn. This "butterfly effect" threatens fisheries that feed over 1 billion people worldwide. Our oceans may slowly cook our food chain into new forms with potentially catastrophic consequences. Scientists initially believed that fish would not be directly affected by ocean acidification, but recent research indicates otherwise. From clownfish (remember Nemo?) to walleye pollock (got fish sticks?) scientists have found that exposure to high levels of carbon dioxide scramble fish’s sense of smell, hearing, and sight. There is little funding for research on ocean acidification and its affects.
Sources: Julia Whitty, “10 Key Findings From a Rapidly Acidifying Arctic Ocean,” Mother Jones report, May 7, 2013. Craig Welch, “Sea Change, The Pacific’s Perilous Turn,” Seattle Times article, September 12, 2013. Eli Kintisch, “Snails Are Dissolving in Pacific Ocean,” ScienceNOW report, May 1, 2014.
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