Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigFeb 10, 2015
In response to the media's take on the recent suspension of NBC's Brian Williams,"The Daily Show" host says there probably wouldn't have even been an Iraq War "if the media had applied this level of scrutiny to the actual fucking war." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJan 13, 2015
It seems the 17 dead Parisians are worth more in the mass media's eyes than the estimated 2,000 people killed in the town of Baga, Nigeria, by the terrorist group Boko Haram on Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJan 5, 2015
In "Charlie Brooker's 2014 Wipe," the British satirist and creator of the dystopian show "Black Mirror" takes a hard look at the news highlights of the past year and comes to the grim realization that we live in a time in which the powers that be are continually destabilizing what we understand as reality to further exert their control over the masses. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigDec 8, 2014
The U.S. war on Islamic State (also known as Daesh) in Iraq and Syria takes up less and less space in mainstream media. The group and its issues haven’t gone away, however. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigNov 6, 2014
The dominating significance of the midterm elections has been the occasion's dramatic confirmation of the corruption of the American electoral system. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 2, 2014
The Western media blame the Kremlin for the current battles in Ukraine, but the West holds more blame for them than it may seem; Seattle's leading a "wage revolution" throughout the United States with its $15 minimum wage; meanwhile, a power plant in California is deemed "a Fukushima in waiting." These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigAug 11, 2014
The United States of America has no claim on the language of “humanitarian aid” to Iraq after what it did to that country. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJul 22, 2014
Watch as Jon Stewart gets hollered at by the rest of the "Daily Show" crew whenever he tries to talk about what's going on in Israel. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJul 22, 2014
Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal points to the overwhelming bias in U.S. media against the Palestinians, calling NBC to account for having tried to remove an Arab-American reporter from Gaza after he reported the Israeli navy’s killing of children on the beach. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 19, 2014
Ayman Mohyeldin, NBC's veteran reporter who was playing soccer with the four Palestinian boys killed on the beach Wednesday, was removed from Gaza despite his reporting being, in Glenn Greenwald's words, "far more balanced and even-handed" than the rest of the American media's coverage of the conflict. Late Friday night, after protests with the hashtag #LetAymanReport trended on Twitter, "NBC reversed course" and announced it was sending Mohyeldin back to Gaza over the weekend. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigJul 10, 2014
In the current round of fighting between mighty Israel and the little Gaza Strip, Israeli airstrikes have killed 53 Palestinians. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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