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Archie Army: Comics Used to Recruit Soldiers Are Laughable

Staff / Truthdig Jul 19, 2012 The U.S. government-funded "America's Army" is a digital comic being used as a recruitment tool and it, well, sucks; free online courses may be changing the face of college education as we know it; meanwhile, Rush Limbaugh has been fabricating callers and outsourcing Facebook fans. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Shame on the News: Pols Get to Edit Their Quotations

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jul 16, 2012 The New York Times reports that it is now commonplace for everyone from campaign advisers to the Treasury Department to edit and approve quotes before journalists allow themselves to print them. Keith Olbermann calls it "appalling," and that's being nice. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Online Streaming of ‘Daily Show,’ ‘Colbert Report’ Discontinued

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 13, 2012 Say it ain't so! Comedy Central's popular faux-news programs "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" have stopped streaming full episodes online because of an ongoing battle between Viacom and DirecTV. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Anderson Cooper: Gay and Proud of It

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 2, 2012 Anderson Cooper has long been rumored to be gay. For the most part, however, he's managed to keep his private life private and has never publicly addressed those rumors (not even in his memoir, released a few years ago). Until Monday, that is. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hedges Is L.A. Press Club’s Journalist of the Year

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2012 In awarding him the organization's top prize for online writers, the judges offered high praise for Hedges, calling him "Champion of the 99% -- mortal enemy of the 1%. This former war correspondent turns out weekly columns packed with insightful and biting opinion." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Trump Returns Will’s Barb

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2012 Donald Trump, who has probably never shied away from a media-driven confrontation, took to Twitter to respond to George Will's criticism that he was a “bloviating ignoramus." The billionaire businessman blasted Will on Sunday, tweeting that he "may be the dumbest (and most overrated) political commentator of all time." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Schumer ‘Appalled’ by Conservative Reaction to Tax-Dodger Bill

Staff / Truthdig May 24, 2012 Sen. Chuck Schumer is ripping conservatives for their response to legislation he co-sponsored that would punish those who renounce their citizenship to avoid paying taxes. The bill was introduced after Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin gave up his U.S. citizenship right before he was expected to earn billions from the company's much anticipated IPO. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Donald Toys With a Super PAC

Staff / Truthdig May 24, 2012 Stephen Colbert has one. So does Sarah Palin. And now, billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump says he wants his own super PAC too. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Survey Says: Fox News Viewers Least Informed

Staff / Truthdig May 24, 2012 People who are not exposed to any news know more about domestic and international affairs than those who get their information from Fox News, according to a phone poll conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdig in the Running for 6 L.A. Press Club Awards

Staff / Truthdig May 23, 2012 Truthdig is a finalist for six Los Angeles Press Club awards, with special recognition for the site as a whole, the Ear to the Ground blog, Robert Scheer, Chris Hedges, Richard Schickel and Mr Fish. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Twitter Defends Occupy Marcher’s Right to Privacy

Staff / Truthdig May 9, 2012 Despite a judge's order to hand over the tweets of The New Inquiry Senior Editor Malcolm Harris, who was arrested in October marching with Occupy protesters across the Brooklyn Bridge, Twitter is fighting for the principle that its users own their communications and should determine what to do with them. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Pecking Order in Israel

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2012 Israeli institutions' decision-making processes exclude women, Arabs and Mizrahim; television shows reflect how isolated white America is actually becoming; meanwhile, can women reclaim and redefine "slut" during the war against women? These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )