‘Daily Show’: Crazy Scared Across America

Staff / Truthdig Oct 28, 2008 John McCain's supporters are plenty scared that a secret terrorist-loving Muslim could take over the White House. Meanwhile, Barack Obama's supporters think there's nothing scarier than Sarah Palin. At last, fear has brought both sides together. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

O’Reilly in One Minute

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2008 State propaganda works through repetition, brevity, fear and unquestioned punditry. Meet "The O'Reilly Factor Lite," a brilliantly produced one-minute clip that will provide everything you need to know to understand what "The O'Reilly Factor" is really about. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

I’ll See Your Attack Ad and Raise You a Bin Laden

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2008 It's getting ugly out there. With just a day to go before the much anticipated Pennsylvania primary, the Democrats are running a blitz of negative ads, like this one from Hillary Clinton that features a cameo from a certain bearded terrorist. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Maher on the Politics of Fear

Staff / Truthdig Oct 29, 2007 The "Real Time" host makes the case for prioritizing our fear: "What's really scary this Halloween is that the same group of idea-free losers who won the last presidential election could win the next one by making us afraid of the wrong things, which is why this Halloween, I'm going as something truly horrifying: a melting polar ice cap." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Freedom vs. Fear: Truthdig Podcast With Robert Higgs

Staff / Truthdig Jul 21, 2007 In case you missed it, this week's original podcast features Robert Higgs, author of "Neither Liberty nor Safety." He speaks with Truthdig's James Harris and Joshua Scheer about how political opportunists and fear mongerers are gobbling up our individual liberties. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Terrorized by ‘War on Terror’

Zbigniew Brzezinski / Truthdig Mar 27, 2007 The culture of fear is like a genie that has been let out of its bottle. It acquires a life of its own -- and can become demoralizing. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Cartoon Ads Spook Boston

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2007 The Cartoon Network has apologized for causing the biggest security scare in Boston since 9/11. City police thought several battery-powered advertisements placed on behalf of the cable channel might be bombs, a misunderstanding that crippled Boston's infrastructure after authorities placed the city on high alert. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rumsfeld Toughs It Out on 9/11 Link

Staff / Truthdig Dec 11, 2006 While saying goodbye to the troops in Iraq, outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made what one can only hope was his last erroneous link between the war and 9/11: "We feel great urgency to protect the American people from another 9/11 or a 9/11 times two or three ". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Arianna on Election Fear Factor

Staff / Truthdig Oct 25, 2006 Arianna Huffington issues an appeal for calm in the face of election season fear-mongering: "Remember FDR. 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.' And, of course, those who use it for their own political purposes." (Video & Transcript) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Molly Ivins: The Pols Who Cried Wolf

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Aug 15, 2006 "The administration has put itself in the position of the Boy Who Cried Wolf. If, God forbid, a serious terrorist conspiracy is uncovered, there will be a tendency to dismiss it in a backlash to these over-hyped 'plots.' " Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer: Now Powell Tells Us

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 12, 2006 Colin Powell told me that he and his department's top experts never believed that Iraq posed an imminent nuclear threat, but that the president followed the misleading advice of Vice President Dick Cheney and the CIA in making the claim. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )