Lobbying Firm Proposes ‘Hit Job’ on OWS

Staff / Truthdig Nov 20, 2011 MSNBC journalist Chris Hayes brings us a memo written by a Washington lobbying firm staffed with former aides of Republican Speaker John Boehner offering American bankers a near $1 million publicity blitz against Occupy Wall Street and its congressional supporters. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Occupy Wall Street Gets Real on MTV

Staff / Truthdig Oct 29, 2011 MTV is developing reality shows inspired by Occupy Wall Street; the tea party turns its back on Michele Bachmann; and a British cleric resigns rather than retract his support of the Occupy London protests. These discoveries and more, after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

TV That Finally Lifts Journalism Back ‘Up’

David Sirota / Truthdig Oct 28, 2011 On cable TV, "national news" is a euphemism for New York- and D.C.-focused content engineered primarily by a closed ecosystem of East Coast elites who believe the only things that matter are Manhattan gossip and Beltway games. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )