Censored 1996: The Top 25
Censored Media Stories of 1995

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#1: [Telecommunications Deregulation:] Closing Up America's "Marketplace of Ideas"

#2: The Budget Does Not Have to be Balanced on the Backs of the Poor

#3: Child Labor in the U.S. Is Worse Today Than During the 1930s

#4: The Privatization of the Internet

#5: U.S. Pushes Nuclear Pact But Spends Billions to Add Bang to Nukes

#6: Radical Plan From Newt Gingrich's Think Tank to Gut FDA

#7: Russia Injects Earth with Nuke Waste

#8: Medical Fraud Costs the Nation $100 Billion Annually - Or More

#9: U.S. Chemical Industry Fights for Toxic Ozone-Killing Pesticide

#10: The Broken Promises of NAFTA

#11: Giant Oil Companies Owe U.S. More Than $1.5 Billion

#12: 180,000 Patients Die Annually from Treatment in Hospitals

#13: Congress Wants to Take the Money and Run

#14: The Gulf War Syndrome Cover-Up

#15: The Rebirth of Slavery in the Dark Heart of Sudan

#16: Fiberglass-The Carcinogen that's Deadly and Everywhere

#17: Small Arms Wreak Major Worldwide Havoc

#18: Scientific Support for Needle Exchange Programs Suppressed

#19: Solving the Nuclear Waste Problem with Taxpayers' Dollars

#20: ABC Spikes New Tobacco Expose' When Sued for Libel

#21: The New 3R's: Reading, Writing, and Reloading

#22: There May Be a Cure - Up There in the Rain Forest

#23: Dioxin: Still Deadly After All These Years (and All That Hype)

#24: U.S. Trails Most Developed Nations in Maternal Health Ranking

#25: E. Coli - Now a National Epidemic - Kills 500 Americans Annually