Mass Media Information Center
This
page provides links to a variety of sources of reliable, verifiable information
showing how the media influences and manipulate publics perception. Our most basic material is listed
first, followed by other resources which delve deeper for those interested
in more. We recommend reading through this entire page before exploring the
links provided. The WantToKnow.info
team presents this information as an opportunity for you to
educate yourself and others, and to inspire us to work together to strengthen
democracy and build a brighter future for us all.
Mass Media
Information Summaries: For the best, most concise introduction to mass
media manipulations, we highly recommend our media summaries. In these fact-filled
summaries numerous award-winning journalists vividly describe their experiences
of trying to report major news stories, only to have them systematically shut
down by corporate media ownership. The stories include dangerous hormones
in your milk, the shooting down of TWA Flight 800 by the military,
thousands of POWs abandoned in Vietnam, CIA involvement in the narcotics trade,
and lots more. These captivating stories will help you to understand how the
many cover-ups mentioned on WantToKnow.info are suppressed, and how the mass
media can significantly affect our understanding of what's happening in the
world.
Two-page
mass media manipulation summary: http://www.WantToKnow.info/mediacover-up
Ten-page mass media manipulation summary: http://www.WantToKnow.info/massmedia
Best Free
Video Showing Media Manipulation: The Power of Nightmares is a
revealing BBC documentary that digs deep into the roots of the war on terror,
only to find that much of the widespread fear in the post 9/11 world has been
fabricated by those in power for their own interests and spread through the media. The intrepid BBC team
presents highly informative interviews with top officials and experts in combating
terrorism who raise serious questions about who is behind all of the media fear-mongering.
This eye-opening documentary shows that, especially after 9/11, fear has
been used in the media to manipulate the public into giving up civil liberties and turning
over ever more power to elite groups with their own hidden agendas. The
Power of Nightmares clearly demonstrates that the nightmare vision of a powerful,
united terrorist organization waiting to strike our societies is largely an
illusion. For all citizens who care about the future of our world, this is
a must-watch video.
http://www.WantToKnow.info/powerofnightmares
Most Important Mass Media
Manipulation Document: A university research team specializes in covering the top news stories each year which were either ignored or downplayed by the mainstream media. Project Censored is team composed of nearly 200 university faculty, students, and community experts who annually review between 700 and 1,000 news story submissions for coverage, content, reliability of sources, and national significance. The top 25 stories selected are submitted to a 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 concise summary of last year's revealing stories
is available at the link below.
http://www.WantToKnow.info/mass_media/media_news/2008_press_censorship
Mass Media
Information Resources: Our mass media resource list contains one-paragraph
summaries of the best books, videos, and websites we've found which provide
reliable information on media manipulation of public perception. Ratings are given on both interest and reliability
for each resource listed. Links are always provided for purchase or free viewing.
http://www.WantToKnow.info/resources#massmedia
Top News Articles Revealing Mass Media Manipulation: We have collected many news articles from respected media sources which contain eye-opening information exposing various aspects of media cover-ups. Links are always provided to the original sources for verification. The first link contains one-paragraph excerpts from incredibly revealing news articles with the most important articles listed first. The second link provides the same article excerpts listed by order of date posted to WantToKnow.info, while the third lists them by the article date. The fourth link below contains a list of only headlines and links to some of the most important articles on media manipulations.
http://www.WantToKnow.info/massmedianewsarticles - Highly revealing media news excerpts
http://www.WantToKnow.info/massmedianewsstories - News excerpts by date posted to website
http://www.WantToKnow.info/massmediamediaarticles - News excerpts listed in reverse date order
http://www.WantToKnow.info/medianewsarticles#massmedia - Headlines and links only
Key Mass Media
Subtopics:
Pulitzer-Winning Journalist Resigns - "Profits: that's what it's all about
now"
http://www.WantToKnow.info/050314mediaprofits
Cover-up of
Original Atomic Bomb Effects in New York Times Rings True Today
http://www.WantToKnow.info/atomicbombcoverup
Washington Post Owner Advocates Secrecy in Press and Government
http://www.WantToKnow.info/secrecygraham
The Iraq War Editorial
That Disappeared: Where are the WMDs?
http://www.WantToKnow.info/disappearededitorial
Key Move Made Quietly in 2002 Set
the Stage for War with Iraq
http://www.WantToKnow.info/iraqwarsetup
Top Media Censorship Stories of 2008 as Judged by Respected University Researchers
http://www.WantToKnow.info/mass_media/media_news/2008_press_censorship
Top Media Censorship Stories of 2007 as Judged by Respected University Researchers
http://www.WantToKnow.info/080117mediacensorship
Top Censored News Stories of 2006 as Judged by Respected University Researchers
http://www.WantToKnow.info/061222projectcensored2006
Top 10 Censored News Stories of 2005 Published by Project Censored University Research Team
http://www.WantToKnow.info/060127newsstoriescensored
Top Underreported Stories of 2004
- Project Censored
http://www.WantToKnow.info/censored2004
Top
Underreported Stories of 2003 - Project Censored
http://www.WantToKnow.info/censored2003
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