Media

Ted Nugent Says Boston Bombing Suspect Should Be Publicly Hanged

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Apr 22, 2013 Decrying the modern US justice system as a "joke," the right-wing rocker suggested that the U go back to its old method of public hangings so that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev could have "his neck stretched" on the Fourth of July . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

New York Post Under Fire for Bogus Boston Marathon ‘Bag Men’ Story

Staff / Truthdig Apr 19, 2013 On Thursday morning, the Post published a picture of two spectators at the Boston Marathon on its cover with the headline "BAG MEN: Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon" over it. The problem: Neither of the young men is a suspect. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Lesson in Empathy From Glenn Greenwald

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 17, 2013 "I'm up for us 'All Being Bostonians Today'. But then can we all be Yemenis tomorrow & Pakistanis the day after?" Greenwald's Guardian colleague Gary Younge wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How the News Is Killing You

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2013 Reading mass media news articles is unhealthy and causes unhappiness, so stop it; Americans want to know more about socialism, as evidenced by Merriam-Webster's two most searched entries in 2012; meanwhile the Swedes were dissatisfied with gendered pronouns and have officially incorporated a third, gender-neutral one into their language. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Careful What You Tweet For

Staff / Truthdig Apr 12, 2013 When a staffer at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo posted a link to "The Daily Show" on Twitter, the American and Egyptian governments learned the power of social media; with digital product placement, editors can integrate advertisements into film or television scenes that were never there to begin with; meanwhile, to make way for a parking lot near the 2014 World Cup stadium site in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian authorities are kicking indigenous squatters out. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdig Nominated for Two Webby Awards

Staff / Truthdig Apr 11, 2013 As a small but tenacious site, we are gratified to be one of the finalists among an array of heavy hitters in the categories of best political website and best political blog. But we still need your help. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Write a Blog, Risk Going to Jail

Staff / Truthdig Apr 8, 2013 Daniel McGowan, an Earth Liberation Front activist, was imprisoned last week for writing a HuffPo post; Fox News claims that Rutgers University firing its abusive basketball coach is evidence of cultural decline; and no, Bitcoin is apparently not the future of currency. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

AP Stylebook Addresses Illegal Immigration

Staff / Truthdig Apr 5, 2013 "Illegal" describes an action, not a person, says The Associated Press; Vice President Joe Biden claims television shows like "Will & Grace" helped change the American public's attitude toward gay marriage; meanwhile, Kansas legislators are close to passing a law that would quarantine people with HIV. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges Resigns From Human Rights Organization PEN

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Apr 2, 2013 The Truthdig columnist was scheduled to speak at events sponsored by PEN American Center next month, but he has resigned his membership in the writers' organization over its executive director, Suzanne Nossel, a former aide to Hillary Clinton who may have coined the term "soft power." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Jim Carrey Takes Aim at ‘Media Colostomy Bag’ Known as Fox News

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Apr 1, 2013 The actor has escalated the feud between himself and Fox News over his anti-gun Funny or Die video "Cold Dead Hand" by mocking the cable news channel for the criticism it has leveled against him. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

CNN’s Poppy Harlow Said to Be ‘Outraged’ by Steubenville Coverage Criticism

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Mar 21, 2013 In the aftermath of its slanted coverage of the Steubenville rape trial verdict Sunday, CNN has faced enormous criticism for focusing on the convicted rapists rather than the 16-year-old victim. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

In Search of Women

Staff / Truthdig Mar 14, 2013 Most Wikipedia contributors are men, but that doesn't justify the fact that females are so poorly represented on the site; much to many priests' chagrin, the Roman Catholic Church unwittingly bought part of a building that houses Europe's largest gay sauna; meanwhile, ZIP codes serve as more than just locating devices as they have come to define identities and divide communities. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )