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It’s Communications Policy, Stupid

Mark Lloyd / Truthdig Nov 29, 2017 Our current "crisis of media" is a policy battle that Congress, if pressed by voters, can fix. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Top Radio Advertisers Said to Be Excluding Limbaugh and Hannity

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 9, 2013 An advertising boycott enacted in the wake of Rush Limbaugh's controversial "slut" comment about Sandra Fluke last year appears to be working. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Eight More Years of Rush

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2008 According to his Web site, he's "America's Truth Detector; the Doctor of Democracy; the Most Dangerous Man in America; the All-Knowing, All-Sensing, All-Everything Maha Rushie; defender of motherhood, protector of fatherhood and an all-around good guy." Whatever he may be, Rush Limbaugh is also going to be even richer than ever with his new contract to keep talking for the next eight years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What the Times Didn’t Tell About McCain

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 27, 2008 As Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain twisted briefly in the wind kicked up by that New York Times story suggesting he had swapped political favors for the personal favors of an attractive lobbyist for the telecommunications industry, I kept waiting for the public policy punch line. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Romney’s Firm to Buy Clear Channel

Staff / Truthdig Dec 14, 2007 It's a big week for big media: First, Dow Jones & Co. officially approved Rupert Murdoch's takeover of The Wall Street Journal, and now Lew Rockwell is reporting that Mitt Romney's private equity firm is buying radio behemoth Clear Channel. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )