Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigJun 1, 2013
I’m not surprised that President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder have been waging war on the news media They and other members of the Obama team have always struck me as elitists who don’t think really intelligent or worthwhile people would go into journalismI’m not surprised that President Obama and Attorney General Holder have been waging war on the news media. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 1, 2013
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists eye Attorney General Eric Holder's off-the-record meeting regarding possible changes at the DOJ, a Pew study showing 40 percent of households have mothers as breadwinners, the state of Medicare and more. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Joe Conason / TruthdigMay 31, 2013
Let's state this very simply, so everybody will understand. The notion that Barack Obama is "Nixonian" -- or that his administration's recent troubles bear any resemblance to "Watergate" -- is the biggest media lie since the phony "Whitewater scandal" crested during the Clinton presidency. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigMay 21, 2013
The unwarranted snooping, which was revealed last week, would be troubling enough if it were an isolated incident. But it is part of a pattern that threatens to redefine investigative reporting as criminal behavior. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 18, 2013
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists ask whether the Obama administration will be distracted and ineffective from here on out. The head of the IRS apologizes and claims there was no political motivation behind its treatment of conservative groups. Is it a benign symbol of an unwieldy, too-big government, or a terrifying reminder of the Nixon years? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMay 16, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including a rosy economic forecast is released and the IRS scandal leads to at least one resignation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 15, 2013
"We are now in the last moments of an effort to, in essence, effectively extinguish press freedom," the Truthdig columnist told "Democracy Now!" in a conversation Wednesday about revelations of the Justice Department's seizure of work, home and cellphone records of up to 100 reporters and editors at The Associated Press."We are now in the last moments of an effort to, in essence, effectively extinguish press freedom," the Truthdig columnist told "Democracy Now!" about the recent Justice Department controversy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 15, 2013
Upon finding itself a target of the administration's spying program, the establishment press suddenly disapproves of the president's record on "civil liberties, transparency, press freedoms, and a whole variety of other issues on which he based his first campaign," Glenn Greenwald writes in The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 6, 2013
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: How the media cover -- and promote -- war, Robert Scheer defends the messenger, AP disappears 'illegal' immigrants, and America's office slaves, otherwise known as interns, rise up. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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