Top Censored Stories of 1982

First Amendment advocates often warn of the subtle intimidation of libel suits — the “chilling effect.” For small newspapers, there is nothing subtle about it. As the Alton Telegraph discovered …

For several years, U.S. automakers have had the technology, to produce a car capable of getting 100 miles per gallon (mpg) of gasoline. But, as you know, this car is …

An estimated ten to fifteen thousand young American children each year are now developing a syndrome known as “precocious puberty.” Girls under the age of eight and boys under nine …

The “Mumford Affair,” cited by the American Humanist Associa­tion to be as important as the Scopes trial, warns of a new McCarthy ­styled campaign to cripple population-control leaders and institutions. …

EDB was introduced to the public last year. And how did the media handle the story? Suddenly, the public was told to check numbers on boxes of muffin mixes and …