Truthdig Nominated for Webby Award in Political Blog/Websites Category

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Apr 7, 2015 Well, this is a real honor: Truthdig is grateful to be a 2015 Webby Awards nominee for Best Political Blog/Website. Needless to say, we're in some good company. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bill Moyers: Attack Ads Inside and Out

Staff / Truthdig Feb 21, 2012 On this week's "Moyers & Company," Kathleen Hall Jamieson of FactCheck.org and FlackCheck.org says "we're at a very, very critical time right now" and must try to block "visceral" political advertising at the local level. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

And Now, a Word About ‘Czar’ Mythology

Staff / Truthdig Sep 28, 2009 Certain prominent media figures who shall remain nameless are getting all worked up about President Obama's "czars" and, having latched onto this term as fodder for a little old-fashioned partisan punditry, are busy freaking out their followers with sinister socialist imagery -- but let's take a good look at the recent history of this term in American politics, shall we? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fact-Checking Obama’s Health Care Speech

Staff / Truthdig Sep 12, 2009 When emotions run high about certain hot-button issues, good judgment can fall by the wayside, and facts can get lost in the shuffle. Luckily, the helpful researchers at FactCheck.org are around to round them up again, as they've done here with President Obama's health care speech. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

FactCheck Presents the Biggest Whoppers of Campaign ’08

Staff / Truthdig Nov 4, 2008 Time to relive the magic that was the 2008 presidential campaign -- one big, outrageous prevarication at a time. FactCheck.org delivers the "Whoppers of 2008," courtesy of both Team McCain and Obama HQ. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Communication Scholars Speak Out About Negative Campaigning

Staff / Truthdig Oct 24, 2008 A group of top American communication professors have crafted and signed a statement calling on the McCain campaign, primarily, to stop its negative campaigning. "The purposeful dissemination of messages that a communicator knows to be false and inflammatory is unethical. It is that simple," the statement says. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Fact-Checking the ACORN Flap

Staff / Truthdig Oct 19, 2008 Not a moment too soon, here's FactCheck.org's assessment of the recent hullabaloo over ACORN, the beleaguered community organization that has been yanked into the epicenter of the election battle since Team McCain seized upon it as a Campaign Talking Point™. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain Campaign Lies About Lies

Staff / Truthdig Sep 11, 2008 It's time to start using the L-word when referring to John McCain and his campaign for the presidency. Misleading doesn't quite capture the hypocritical use of distortions to make your opponent appear dishonest, as McCain's latest ad attempts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )