Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMar 18, 2013
The New York Times columnist argues that the political elites and pundits who perpetuated the Bush administration's disinformation and calls for war seem to have learned nothing from that experience. Case in point: the deficit obsession. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 15, 2013
Best-selling children's book writer Terry Deary claims the concept of providing the "impoverished access to books" is outdated and irrelevant; despite hopes that the next pope will be less homophobic than the last, the likely candidate supports "Kill the Gays" laws; meanwhile, PayPal and Lenovo aim to finish off passwords in order to move on to more secure measures. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Justin Elliott, ProPublicaApr 20, 2012
Many of the country’s biggest media companies--which own dozens of newspapers and TV news operations--are flexing their muscle in Washington in a fight against a government initiative to increase transparency of political spending. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJan 28, 2012
Media Matters turned its bias detectors on the corporate media’s coverage of the Keystone XL pipeline, a proposed $7 billion Canada-to-Texas oil way that the Obama administration put on hold last week. The analysis found that in all mediums, pipeline supporters got more talk time than their opponents, and counted the ways reporters parroted industry’s talking points. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 10, 2011
Project Censored, a media research program founded by Carl Jensen in 1976, has for a long time drawn attention to stories that the mainstream media for one reason or another censor or ignore. The project will publish its 2012 edition this month, highlighting the most censored stories in the last year. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 3, 2009
Everyone's favorite world leader/womanizer is in the news again after a film director accused the Italian prime minister of censorship. Italian state television has refused to show a film trailer that accuses Silvio Berlusconi of creating a "frivolous media culture," and many think the PM's incredible influence over the media has something to do with it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 21, 2009
You know times are tough when even multimillionaire moguls are seeing their hard-earned compensation cut almost by half. Rupert Murdoch, the jowly head of News Corp., has taken a compensation cut of 40 percent because of weak earnings by his eccentric media empire. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 13, 2008
At a meeting in Moscow on Thursday with a group of international Russia experts, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave an extensive explanation of his country's point of view vis-à-vis the recent clash between Russia and Georgia. He made it clear that he believes the conflict was seriously, and even deliberately, misrepresented by the Western media. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 10, 2007
"SiCKO" director Michael Moore opens up a can of whoop-ass on CNN's "The Situation Room" (our sincerest apologies to those with delicate sensibilities, but there's just no other way to put it), giving host Wolf Blitzer and resident MD/one-time "embedded journalist" Dr. Sanjay Gupta quite a dressing-down in a must-see live TV moment. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 16, 2007
In this far-ranging interview on KPFK's "Beneath the Surface" radio show, Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer talks with host Suzi Weissman about the coming presidential election, the consolidation of mass media and Truthdig's May 22 debate between Chris Hedges and Sam Harris on the roles of religion and politics. Update: Full transcript now available. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 19, 2007
Britain's Channel 4 News highlights the images and stories from Iraq that have been left out of mainstream news reporting. (h/t: Crooks and Liars) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 20, 2006
Watch David Gregory catching the White House spokesman in a lie about his policy of not disclosing participants of Bush's staff-level meetings. | Crooks and Liars has the video.Think Progress proves that McClellan is lying. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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