Bill Moyers’ Legacy, Censored News, and Civil Liberties at Risk
Jul. 14th, 2025 05:50 pm![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
project_censored_feedIn the first part of the program, Mickey sits down with Jeff Cohen, founder of Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting, founding director of the Park Center for Independent Media and author to talk about the passing of independent media great Bill Moyers. Jeff shares stories of Moyers intrepid reporting and his behind-the-scenes organizing and fundraising that allowed truly independent media to flourish. His death is a loss for the alternative independent media world, and a sobering reminder of the need for outspoken voices such as Bill’s in times like these. In the second part of the show, co hosts Mickey Huff and Eleanor Goldfield dig into some of the news that didn’t make the news, and why, as well as asking, is this the best we can do? They kick off with what corporate media won’t tell you about the so-called Big Beautiful Bill, and then dig into some historical context of the insidious Project Esther, the latest in a long line of threats to our civil liberties, going back to COINTELPRO. Sprinkle in some investigative comedy, defense of metal heads, and more - coming up now on Project Censored.
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Murderbot News!
Jul. 11th, 2025 10:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chomiji‘Murderbot’ Renewed for Season 2 at Apple TV+
The news comes ahead of the Season 1 finale on July 11. Based on “All Systems Red,” the first novella in Martha Wells’ series “The Murderbot Diaries,” the season stars Alexander Skarsgård as “a self-hacking security construct who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients” that “must hide its free will and complete a dangerous assignment when all it really wants is to be left alone to watch futuristic soap operas and figure out its place in the universe,” per the official logline ... .
The Militarization and Weaponization of Media Literacy
Jul. 10th, 2025 03:00 pmproject_censored_feedNolan Higdon and Sydney Sullivan This Dispatch is informed by our forthcoming 2025 article, “Media Literacy in the Crosshairs: NATO’s Strategic Goals and the Revival of Protectionist Pedagogy,” from the Journal of Media Literacy Education, Volume 17, Issue 2. During President Donald Trump’s second term, education has remained a central…
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Goblin Emperor and Midsummer
Jul. 10th, 2025 01:24 amchomijiBut after some searching, I’m saddened to report that there’s nothing in the entire Cemeteries of Amalo on the subject either. In fact, The Grief of Stones has not a single mention of the word “summer,” and the other two only mention it in reference to things like the summer homes of the nobility.
I’m trying to come up with something for a project, and so far I’ve only come up with fireworks and summer fruits like strawberries and plums. I imagine that there are various agriculture-related activities in rural areas among commoners (for example, bonfires rather than fireworks), but does anyone else have any inspirations for Summernight activities among the nobility?
The Project Censored Newsletter—June 2025
Jul. 9th, 2025 08:52 pmproject_censored_feedIntroducing Project Censored’s Summer 2025 Student Interns Project Censored is pleased to announce our stellar cohort of summer 2025 interns, Jayden Henry (Vanderbilt University), Elizabeth Insuasti (University of Florida), Ella Mrofka (North Central College), Caitlin Suda (North Central College), and Jackie Vickery (Ithaca College). They are already hard at work…
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Jul. 8th, 2025 08:26 pmtwistedchickI realize the berries available locally or in the non-chain market where we shop aren't going to be the ones I used to eat up north, but the ones this year were so acidic and unsweet that I couldn't eat an entire bowl. They were making my stomach turn over. They weren't that way last year, so I can only assume it's another COVID side effect.
I used to eat a quart a day when I grew my own, up north.
This is just disappointing.
The Holocaust in Gaza Enabled by Corporate and Public Service Media
Jul. 8th, 2025 04:21 pmproject_censored_feedBy Emil Marmol On October 7, 2023, Hamas and other resistance groups launched an attack that resulted in the deaths of approximately 741 Israeli civilians, 68 foreign nationals, and 314 members of Israeli military forces, with approximately an additional 252 people taken to Gaza as hostages. This, according to the…
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Short Supply: Empathy, Attention, and America’s Legal Labyrinth
Jul. 7th, 2025 04:26 pmproject_censored_feedIn the first part of the program, we’re joined by board-certified psychiatrist and writer Dr. Samaiya Mushtaq who details how empathy as a skill requires attention, a commodity in short supply these days. Dr. Mushtaq outlines how the framework of social media allows us to not only dehumanize others but indeed ourselves, to avoid discomfort through a simple scroll, and to become ever more intolerant of those we perceive as insurmountably different than ourselves. She also discusses how this connects to the rise of anxiety, depression, and isolation in our society. Later in the program, journalist, researcher and policy director at Defending Rights and Dissent Chip Gibbons comes back on the show to help us wade through the morass of courts and legal proceedings that create a whiplash of headaches for those trying to negotiate access to supposed rights such as the first amendment. Chip gives historical context to today’s free speech battles and outlines nefarious tactics such as blacklists and their role in legal cases.
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