Breitbart Editor Believes Hoax About Hagel’s Ties to ‘Friends of Hamas’

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 21, 2013 After getting suckered into reporting a fake story that defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel had ties to a terrorist organization, Breitbart.com editor-at-large Ben Shapiro is refusing to admit his error, choosing instead to stick by the false piece. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chris Hayes Has a Point About Heroes

Staff / Truthdig May 31, 2012 The MSNBC host got flak from conservative pundits and veterans groups for expressing discomfort with the act of automatically branding America’s fallen soldiers “heroes.” Under popular pressure, Hayes quickly apologized. But Erik Kain at Mother Jones wants us to take another look. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Weiner Gets No Pity From His Party

Staff / Truthdig Jun 7, 2011 Following U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner's tearful televised admission Monday that he sent lewd photographs to several women over the Internet, top Democrats in Congress are seeking to put as much daylight as possible between themselves and their colleague from New York. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Deception of Real-World Inception

David Sirota / Truthdig Jul 30, 2010 In this epoch of confusion, our society has achieved the goal of "Inception's" idea-implanting protagonists -- only without all the technological subterfuge. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fox Fears

RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post Dispatch Jul 23, 2010 Dig deeper

Using Race to Smear Obama

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jul 22, 2010 After the Shirley Sherrod episode, there's no longer any need to mince words: A cynical right-wing propaganda machine is peddling the poisonous fiction that when African-Americans or other minorities reach positions of power, they seek some kind of revenge against whites. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )