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The San Francisco Bay Guardian has come out again with its yearly list of ten stories “censored” by the mainstream media – or, to the bloggers out there, the ‘traditional media.’

While it goes without saying (so instead of saying it, I’ll write it), the stories are left-of-center oriented: secret trade agreements, slave labor in Iraq and something about the neoliberal invasion in India. (Though, to its credit, the Guardian decided to take down one of its brethren and criticize The Nation in a companion piece.)

It’s mostly an ideological exercise, this list. But since one man’s “censorship” or “bias” is another man’s “editorial discretion,” I always find these lists interesting. It’s one thing for an ideologue to cry bias over this story or another, but it’s far more productive to offer a solution or an alternative. 'Biased' isn't synonymous with 'wrong,' after all. And these sorts of pieces – whether from the right or the left – can serve a purpose, as long as we read them knowing the author’s agenda.

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