Flying Focus Video Bus - 06-28-16 (12-03-16)

In March 2014, a panel of media experts from Project Censored, who put out a yearly compilation of the least known but most important news stories, spoke at the World Trade Center in Portland. The four analysts answer audience questions in our two-part show covering the event. Co-editors Mickey Huff and Andy Lee Roth, author and professor Nolan Higdon, and past director Peter Phillips discussed themes from their latest book, Censored 2014: Fearless Speech in Fateful Times. Their mission is to point out what is missing or biased in corporate news coverage and what ordinary community members can do about it. They note how coverage of current events resembles junk food news where real stories are poorly covered or not covered. --------------------------- One panelist notes how corporate media dealt with Occupy Wall Street in an attempt to trivialize it, while successful collective efforts, such as those of the people of Iceland to secure their public lands, got no coverage at all. The panelists give advice on being a well- informed citizen by using multiple sources for your news, supporting net neutrality, and being responsible for how you process and use the information you encounter. The panel was sponsored by Oregon Fellowship of Reconciliation. This show was taped and edited by FFVC contributor Allen Evans.