] Researchers at Sonoma State meticulously combed through ] news reports from 2002 and the first quarter of 2003 to ] find stories that didn't get the media attention they ] deserved. This year's big stories include the attack on ] civil liberties at home, Donald Rumsfeld's plan to ] provoke terrorists, and treaty-busting by the United ] States. ] ] In many cases, these stories got little or no play %u2013 ] or else were presented piecemeal, without any attempt to ] put the information in context. ] ] "The stories this year reflect a clear danger to ] democracy and governmental transparency in the U.S. ] %u2013 and the corporate media's failure to alert the ] public to these important issues," Project Censored ] director Peter Phillips told the Bay Guardian. "The ] magnitude of total global domination has to be the most ] important story we've uncovered in a quarter century." ] ] What follows is the Bay Guardian's rundown of Project ] Censored's top 10 censored or underreported stories for ] last year: If you feel like being seriously ill and overwhelemed, read this. sfbg.com | news |