Media

NBC’s ‘Today’ Chooses Kardashian Mom Over 9/11 Coverage

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Sep 12, 2012 The NBC morning program is the subject of controversy after it skipped the moment of silence for the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to talk to Kris Jenner of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" about, among other things, her breast implants. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hank Williams Jr. Rips ‘Muslim’ Obama During Anti-Gay Rant

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Sep 4, 2012 Actor Alec Baldwin hit back at Hank Williams Jr. after the country singer's vitriolic, hate-fueled rant against the president and homosexuals over the weekend. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Fox News Points Out Paul Ryan’s Lies … and Pigs Fly?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 31, 2012 Fox News used the words "deceiving" and "dazzling" to describe Paul Ryan's speech at the GOP convention; British support of possible American military intervention in Syria could signal another blunder as terrible as the Iraq War; meanwhile, Israeli ex-soldiers finally admit to heinous treatment of Palestinian children. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Rebekah Brooks Faces Phone Hacking Charges

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jul 24, 2012 British authorities have decided to try eight people in the case of gutter journalism gone terribly wrong (or wrong-er). They include the woman who ran Rupert Murdoch's newspaper empire in the U.K. and Andy Coulson, who was editor of News of the World from 2003 until 2007 and then Prime Minister David Cameron's communications director until 2011. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer Wins Prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award

Staff / Truthdig Jul 20, 2012 Truthdig's editor-in-chief has taken top honors in the Online Column Writing (Independent) category. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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 )