A/V Booth - afghanistan | Truthdig http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/category/afghanistan/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2009 2009-11-13T22:18:36+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/category/afghanistan/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo ‘Daily Show’: Hannity’s Apocalyptic Apology http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091113_daily_show_hannitys_apocalyptic_apology/ http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20091113_daily_show_hannitys_apocalyptic_apology/ apology, daily show, fox news, jon stewart, michelle malkin, oliver north, sean hannity, tea party, afghanistan Stewart

Having caught wind that Fox Newser Sean Hannity was going to take a moment on his show to issue an apology to Jon Stewart for using older tea-party rally footage in a recent story, the host of “The Daily Show” was looking forward to hearing an admission of how the Fox folks subscribe to the network’s methodology, aka “the subtle altering of reality to sell a preconceived narrative.” That didn’t quite happen.

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Is the Iranian regime taking a page from North Korea with its recent, potentially provocative displays of missile-launching power? Or are those preplanned exercises (nothing to see here, move along, folks)? Or, as White House press wrangler Robert Gibbs suggests, a little bit of both?

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]]> 2009-09-28T21:38:16+00:00 Letterman Heckles Obama’s Heckler http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20090911_letterman_heckles_obamas_heckler/ http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20090911_letterman_heckles_obamas_heckler/ congressman, david letterman, health care, joe wilson, mark sanford, obama, south carolina, top ten, you lie, afghanistan Letterman

Two can play this game, Joe Wilson. While the South Carolina congressman’s heckle heard ’round the country triggered dismay from his opponents and enthusiasm from his supporters, Rep. Wilson’s “You lie!” war cry to Obama provided humor fodder for David Letterman’s Thursday night show.

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]]> 2009-09-11T19:53:01+00:00 Hillary Clinton Does Not Endorse This ‘SNL’ Sketch http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20080511_hillary_clinton_does_not_endorse_this_snl_sketch/ http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20080511_hillary_clinton_does_not_endorse_this_snl_sketch/ amy poehler, candidate, comedian, democrat, hillary clinton, politician, president, saturday night live, sketch, snl, afghanistan Poehler as Clinton

You just can’t catch a break as a politician these days. Right when you think you look all “hip” and “endearingly self-deprecating” by allowing yourself to be skewered by certain late-night comedians (bonus points if you’re actually on the show while this gentle, aide-approved ribbing is happening), those same wise asses up and turn on you.

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]]> 2008-05-11T12:45:00+00:00 Under the Shroud: Women and the Taliban http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/under_the_shroud/ http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/under_the_shroud/ afghanistan, documentary, feminism, hijab, oppression, sheinberg, taliban, women, afghanistan, women's rights Shrouded women

The Feminist Majority’s Lorraine Sheinberg created the 1999 documentary that first focused attention on the Taliban’s brutal oppression of women in Afghanistan. It’s worth another look now.

Watch:
icon: Video Intro (2:15 min/2.3MB)
icon: Video Whole (15.00 min/16.5MB)

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