VIDEO: Is Trump’s Campaign a ‘Media Mirage’ Made in Ratings Heaven?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 1, 2015 Donald Trump receives far more media coverage than any other candidate running for the presidency. As this video explains, his relationship with U.S. news outlets is symbiotic: He gets the exposure he needs and the outlets get the bombast and controversy, as well as the ratings, they crave. Media expert Robert McChesney and others discuss how the Trump phenomenon is playing out on our airwaves. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fox Affiliate Apologizes for Editing Innocent Protesters to Sound Like Bloodthirsty Cop Killers

Staff / Truthdig Dec 24, 2014 A Baltimore Fox station has apologized for what it calls "an honest misunderstanding." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Glenn Beck Has a Point

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2011 Excuse us while we hold back the dry heave and acknowledge that buried in this obnoxious, childish rant of Glenn Beck's, there's a valid point lurking. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Glenn Beck Calls Thomas Paine the Glenn Beck of Revolutionary America

Staff / Truthdig Feb 19, 2010 Based on this video, it seems Fox News viewers are so patriotic they don't know anything about the origins of our country During this little history lesson, Glenn Beck explains who Tom Paine was: "kind of the me " In fairness, Beck made a disgusted face as he said it -- the same one we were making. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Corporate Parents Agreed to Censor Olbermann and O’Reilly

Staff / Truthdig Aug 3, 2009 It's no secret that Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly don't get along, but the two TV personalities have drastically scaled back their attacks on one another ever since a private meeting between GE and News Corp. CEOs determined the feud was bad for the bottom line. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bill O’Reilly Gets Nasty

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2009 No one expects the former "Inside Edition" host and Fox News provocateur to be a class act, particularly not since he made his intentions with that falafel clear, but what Bill O'Reilly does with a pipe metaphor in this clip is just lame. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

TV News Makes TV Look Bad

Staff / Truthdig Feb 9, 2009 A survey of stimulus coverage by Media Matters has found that watching TV news may actually shrink your brain. Well, that's not fair, but it certainly won't teach you much about stimulating the economy. That's because the personalities that populate the airwaves -- and not just Fox News -- are given license to repeat untruths over and over again. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Colbert Turns O’Reilly Against Himself

Staff / Truthdig Jan 29, 2009 Bill O'Reilly must be some kind of highly dedicated comedian who has managed to fool the country with a series of elaborate Andy Kaufman-esque stunts. How else to explain moments like this, exquisitely captured by Stephen Colbert, when the "Factor" host unintentionally ridicules himself ad absurdum? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain, Palin Fume at Obama’s ‘Pet Newspaper’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 30, 2008 While John McCain is still searching for a reason he should be president, he has a new reason Barack Obama shouldn't be: The Illinois senator once had dinner with a Palestinian. Or, as McCain sees it, he attended a terrorist convention with a PLO spokesman and William Ayers. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

McCain Cries Bias, Forgets About Fox

Staff / Truthdig Sep 10, 2008 While MSNBC reshuffles its anchor chairs, thanks in part to criticism from rival media outlets and a certain presidential candidate, Fox News continues to be a loudmouth right-wing spin factory. Is it a case of the boy who cried "terrorist," or is there a double standard for Murdoch's media empire? Truthdig contributor Elliot Cohen has more. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘F— Fox News!’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 25, 2008 Griff Jenkins of Fox News got a little more free speech than he bargained for after taunting, er, interviewing some antiwar protesters marching in Denver. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

News for Dummies

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2008 This election cycle has seen no shortage of inane non-scandals and mock outrage, but the dimwitted fracas over Gen. Wesley Clark's comments is a particularly grievous example. With Fox News leading the way, the cable channels have been competing to see who can get it wrong the loudest. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )