Many people prefer the term 'corporate media' to mainstream or major media
I think it makes sense and is much more descriptive.
wcm
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> Courtesy of the S.F. Bay Guardian, LAWeekly recenlty published an article
> on Project Censored's list of the Top 10 underreported stories of 1997 at:
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>     http://www.laweekly.com/ink/archives/97/20news5-4.8.98.shtml
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> "It isn't a question that [a story] never appeared in the major media.
> It's just that it appeared and quickly disappeared. And we all know that
> you don't impact the political process or public opinion with a single
> story."
>                           -- Ben Bagdikian, author of _The Media Monopoly_
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> The 10 stories are:
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> 1. Clinton administration aggressively promotes U.S. arms sales worldwide.
> 2. Personal-care and cosmetic products may be carcinogenic.
> 3. Big business seeks to control and influence U.S. universities.
> 4. Exposing the global surveillance system.
> 5. United States companies are world leaders in torture devices.
> 6. Russian plutonium lost over Chile and Bolivia.
> 7. Norplant experiments in Third World lead to forced use in United States.
> 8. Little-known law paves way for national ID card.
> 9. Mattel cuts U.S. jobs to open sweatshops in other countries.
> 10. Army's plan to burn nerve gas threatens Columbia River Basin.
>