Corporate Media’s Twisted Idea of a ‘Strong Economy’

Joshua Cho / FAIR Nov 20, 2019 The U.S. is experiencing record inequality and corporate profits, yet its press continues to praise Donald Trump's effect on the market. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Between Socialism and Barbarism, the Media Choose Barbarism

John McCullough / FAIR Dec 24, 2018 Mexico's Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is a moderate leftist, yet he's depicted as a bigger threat than fascists like Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Debt Ceiling Circus: The Show Must Go On

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 19, 2013 Rather than resolving the debt crisis, lawmakers' 11th-hour deal to raise the debt ceiling, which threatened to push the global economy over the edge, simply delayed it Financial Times chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, tells Bill Moyers the US debt ceiling is “the legislative equivalent of a nuclear bomb aimed by the U at itself”. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Groundwork Obama’s Laying for America’s Future

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2013 In an op-ed for the Financial Times, Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone and American University professor Peter Kuznick argue that the National Security Agency’s surveillance program that began during George W. Bush’s administration and has been expanded by President Barack Obama “is laying the foundation for a frighteningly dystopian future.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Apple Walks Away From Multibillion Dollar Tax Obligation

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 3, 2013 Apple will deprive the American public of $9 billion in U.S. taxes by paying shareholders with proceeds from a $17 billion blockbuster bond sale instead of using money it made abroad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McChrystal Discusses Afghanistan Plan

Staff / Truthdig Jan 26, 2010 America's top brass in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, sat down for a talk with the Financial Times last week about his strategy in the South Asian nation, how long he thinks U.S. troops will remain there and the possibility of the Taliban's participation in the Afghan government. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

McCain Sounds the Alarm on Georgia

Staff / Truthdig Aug 12, 2008 John McCain comes off as the tough-talking hard-liner in this Financial Times story about the Russia-Georgia conflict. Even more of a hard-liner than President Bush, who ever-so-reluctantly came around to agreeing with McCain on Monday after initially taking "a much more diluted stance" (just like Barack Obama), as John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, put it in the FT article's completely unsurprising conclusion. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )