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What Was the Most Underreported Issue of 2012?

Mainstream journalism is now a 24/7 operation, but that doesn’t mean every crucial story is getting the attention it deserves. So as 2012 draws to a close, we asked top editors and journalists in alternative press: What was the most underreported issue of the year?

Contributors

Tom Engelhardt

Editor of The Nation Institute's TomDispatch

The Windowless Room of the Current Event

"The real reporting crisis involves the inability of the mainstream to connect the dots, almost any dots, or display any kind of historical memory."

Maya Schenwar

Maya Schenwar

Executive Director of Truthout

America’s Latest Oil and Gas Rush

"As the unconventional oil and gas drilling rapidly industrializes rural areas across the nation, the lessons of Bayou Corne will be crucial to draw upon. The full story of America's current oil and gas rush cannot be told without the voices of the people living in areas impacted by the industry."

Sheryl Huggins Salomon

Sheryl Huggins Salomon

Managing Editor of The Root

What If There Was A Way to Prevent HIV — And No One Cared

"If you asked me 25 years ago how people would react when we found a way to prevent HIV infection, I would have predicted dancing in the streets and widespread news coverage."

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Craig Brown

Founder and Director of Common Dreams

The Elephant in the Room: Climate Change

"As long as meaningful action on climate change will hurt the short-term profits of the fossil fuel industries, the media conglomerates and Wall Street, we can’t expect the media blackout to end..."

Don Hazen

Don Hazen

Executive Editor of Alternet

The Concentration of Wealth and the Spread of Poverty

"The amount the richest 1 percent of Americans are earning has 'almost tripled since 1980,' and 'we've wiped out 20 years of increases and wealth for the middle American.'"

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