Arts & Culture

Steve Wasserman: Requiem for an Editor

Steve Wasserman / Truthdig Nov 8, 2006 A former Los Angeles Times editor fleshes out the motivations behind the unceremonious Nov. 7 forced resignation of the Times' respected editor, Dean Baquet, above. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Study: ‘Daily Show’ as Informative as Broadcast News

Staff / Truthdig Oct 18, 2006 It has often been said that "The Daily Show" is the major source of news for many Americans, but a recent study found the comedy program to be just as informative as nightly news broadcasts. The only difference: While Jon Stewart and Co. dilute the news with humor, the networks fill their broadcasts with hype. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oliver Stone Teaming With Pro-Bush ‘Path’ Writer

Staff / Truthdig Oct 17, 2006 The "World Trade Center" filmmaker is heading a project on the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the hunt for Osama Bin Laden -- written by Cyrus Nowrasteh, the scribe behind the wildly inaccurate ABC undocu-drama "The Path to 9/11." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Andy Borowitz: Mel Gibson Acquires Nuclear Weapon

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Oct 16, 2006 The satirist reports on an addition to the nuclear club far more dangerous than North Korea. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

ABC Mulls Yanking 9/11 Miniseries, Says Variety

Staff / Truthdig Sep 8, 2006 Under growing pressure from politicians, bloggers, pundits and letter-writing concerned citizens, ABC/Disney is considering pulling its historically flawed Sept. 11 miniseries "The Path to 9/11," according to Variety. Go, net roots! Updates: Scholastic withdraws support, won't distribute movie materials to schools The Senate leadership threatens Disney with legal sanctions Watch conservative pundit Bill Bennett denounce the film Watch a conservative 9/11 book author slam the miniseries' inaccuracies, too Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Keitel: 9/11 Undocu-Drama Should Be Changed

Staff / Truthdig Sep 8, 2006 Harvey Keitel, who stars in ABC?s upcoming 9/11-themed miniseries, appeared on CNN?s ?Showbiz Tonight? to relate his own concerns over the project?s manipulation of history. When asked if a work derived from 9/11 held a special obligation to the truth, Keitel responded: ?Absolutely, you cannot cross the line from a conflation of events to a distortion of the event. No. Where we have distorted something we have made a mistake?and that should be corrected.? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Frey, Publisher Settle ‘Unprecedented’ Lawsuit

Staff / Truthdig Sep 8, 2006 Readers who felt burned by the fabrications in James Frey's "A Million Little Pieces" can claim refunds, an agreement called unprecedented by a leading publishing attorney. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Borat Plays Anti-Semitism for Laughs

Staff / Truthdig Sep 7, 2006 With the Sacha Baron Cohen movie "Borat: Cultural Learnings" hitting screens Nov 3, Americans will be treated to a brand of Jew-bashing not often seen in Hollywood films (In one scene, Borat becomes convinced his Jewish innkeepers have turned themselves into cockroaches and throws money at the bugs) The kicker: Cohen is an observant Jew. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

9/11 Panelist Slams ABC?s Fib-U-Drama

Staff / Truthdig Sep 7, 2006 On Wednesday?s ?Countdown,? 9/11 commissioner Richard Ben-Veniste, above, added his voice to those criticizing ABC?s credibility-challenged 9/11 ?docudrama,? saying: ?It was quite clear, as the 9/11 commission report states, that Clinton authorized the CIA and the American forces to get Bin Laden?capture or kill?and this miniseries does not depict it accurately.? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Top Former Counter-Terror Official Blasts ABC 9/11 Docudrama

Staff / Truthdig Sep 6, 2006 Roger Cressey, a top counter-terrorism official to Bush II and Clinton, called ABC's upcoming miniseries "The Path to 9/11" something "straight out of Disney and fantasyland. It?s factually wrong. And that?s shameful.? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mock Bush Assassination Prompts Outrage

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2006 A British TV network is set to air a mock documentary that portrays the imagined assassination of President Bush. While the White House has refused to comment on the program, one Republican spokesperson said: ?I find this shocking, I find it disturbing. I don't know if there are many people in America who would want to watch something like that.? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Andy Borowitz: Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson to Build Movie Studio on the Moon

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Aug 26, 2006 When a reporter noted that the moon has no people at all, Mr. Cruise became argumentative: "Who told you that? Psychiatrists? Brooke Shields? That is such a load of cr--!" Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )