1:00 PM Pacific Time: Fridays
The Project Censored Show is a weekly public affairs program that airs Fridays from 1-2 P.M. Pacific time on KPFA Pacifica Radio. The program is an extension of the work Project Censored began in 1976 celebrating independent journalism while fighting media censorship and supporting a truly free press. The program focuses on The News That Didn’t Make the News. Each week, co-hosts Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips conduct in depth interviews with their guests and offer hard hitting commentary on the key political, social, and economic issues of the day with an emphasis on critical media literacy. The program began broadcasting in 2010 and is nationally syndicated on over 20 stations.
In the opening segment, we learn about a case study in “regulatory capture.” Mickey’s guests explain how the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) declined to enforce its own concentration-of-ownership rules and thereby permitted Sinclair Broadcasting to control more TV stations than the rules allow. These guests also recount the years they spent in litigation to force … Continued
Eleanor Goldfield hosts this week’s Project Censored Show. Her first guest, Alan MacLeod, explains how some of the largest media institutions slant their Gaza coverage to favor Israel and even dismiss journalists who don’t comply. He also warns of a neocon effort to push the U.S. into attacking Iran. The second half of the show … Continued
Mickey’s guests for the hour are Leonard Grob and John K. Roth, coauthors of the 2023 book, Warnings: The Holocaust, Ukraine, and Endangered American Democracy. Fearful of what a second Trump administration might bring, Grob and Roth point to the rise of Nazism in Germany in the 1930s as a case study in how rapidly … Continued
For one of their first programs of 2024, Mickey and Eleanor again focus on the legal case of Julian Assange and the implication for press freedom in the U.S. and abroad. In a recently recorded interview, independent journalist Kevin Gosztola tells Mickey about the latest legal developments, including the lawsuit against the CIA. Then we … Continued
This week: the legal criminality of genocide — of perpetrating it, supporting it and, in the US, of decrying it. In the first half of the show, Hassan Ben Imran from Law For Palestine joins Eleanor Goldfield to discuss the recent case of genocide brought by South Africa to the ICJ against Israel: the potential, … Continued
Project Censored has released “Censored 2024,” the latest in the Project’s series of annual volumes detailing the shortcomings of media giants and the accomplishments of independent media. The best-known feature of each year’s book is the “Top 25” list of most significant stories overlooked or underreported by the corporate media. On this week’s radio show, … Continued
On this week’s Project Censored, we replay a timeless speech by the legendary political activist and consumer-rights advocate Ralph Nader. Nader outlines some of the most critical problems facing Americans, including exorbitant military spending, out-of-control corporations, and thousands of annual deaths in the workplace or from lack of access to health care. Then he names … Continued
On this week’s Project Censored: Eleanor Goldfield hosts. In the first segment, we learn about the activities of the Jewish National Fund, a self-proclaimed “environmental organization” that, according to our guest, “has really existed to displace Palestinians and acquire Palestinian land through any means necessary.” Then in the second half of the program, we learn … Continued
Today’s show is preempted by a special holiday fund drive broadcast. Project Censored will resume its usual schedule on December 22, 2023.
On this special fund drive show, we celebrate the importance of a truly free press by looking at the case of Julian Assange. Mickey shares excerpts of his conversation with Assange’s father and brother as they traveled to the United States for the premiere of the documentary Ithaka. He also shares excerpts from the film … Continued
