Chris Hedges Unmasks American Empire in ‘Unspeakable’

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Nov 10, 2016 In this new book, the award-winning Truthdig columnist discusses taboo topics in America—including his experience as a radical war correspondent at The New York Times—with fellow journalist David Talbot. Dig deeper ( 26 Min. Read )

Former NYT Editor Fears Glenn Greenwald Is the ‘Future of News’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 29, 2013 New York Times columnist and former executive editor Bill Keller seeks to defend his view of "objective" reporting against Glenn Greenwald's "accountability journalism grounded in rigorous factual accuracy." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Terror Con

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 18, 2013 The name of the game is threat inflation, and no one has been better at it than the folks at Booz Allen Hamilton, the inventors of the new boondoggle called cyberwarfare. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Let Them Eat Keller

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Oct 20, 2011 Funny, he doesn't look like Marie Antoinette But when former New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller asks his readers if they are "bored by the soggy sleep-ins and warmed-over anarchism of Occupy Wall Street," it displays the arrogance of disoriented royal privilege But former New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller displays the arrogance of disoriented royal privilege. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Not to Commemorate 9/11

Stanley Kutler / Truthdig Sep 7, 2011 We fashionably compress our commemorations of 9/11 events into a neat triangle to include the Afghanistan and Iraq wars But in accepting this, we terribly distort our historyWe fashionably compress our commemorations of 9/11 to include the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Myth of The New York Times, in Documentary Form

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 7, 2011 The documentary film "Page One: Inside the New York Times" is an infomercial for The New York Times It says nothing about the internal dynamics of the institution It fails to portray the titular Page 1 process. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Pulitzer Source Says New York Times Didn’t Submit WikiLeaks Reporting

Staff / Truthdig Apr 20, 2011 Forbes reports that The New York Times didn't win for WikiLeaks stories because it didn't enter them. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )