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Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Nov 2, 2009 Dig deeper

Zooming In on the Year’s Biggest Hoax

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Oct 21, 2009 Who are these people? I am not referring to the pathetic parents of “Balloon Boy,” whose fake drama I have been unable to escape while on the treadmill this week, thanks to my gym’s insistence on tuning its flat-screen TVs to Wolf Blitzer’s nonstop self-parody. Now if we could get one of the banking lobbyists to float a duct-taped flying saucer balloon, Wolf Blitzer might cover the real hoax. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Balloon Boy

Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner Oct 21, 2009 Dig deeper

Anything to Be on TV

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Oct 20, 2009 Now we know the answer to one of the vexing questions of the modern age: Evidently, there is nothing at all that some people won't do to get on television. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Health Care Reform Survives?; Wall Street Revives

Staff / Truthdig Oct 17, 2009 Wall Street got a boost, as if it needed one, from the Dow's rise past 10,000 this week -- but let's not confuse that with economic stability. Consider the unemployment rate and the ballooning federal budget deficit, as Arianna Huffington, Bob Scheer, Tony Blankley and Matt Miller do on this week's "Left, Right and Center." Just don't ask Arianna about "Balloon Boy." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )