Alan MacLeod / FAIRJun 20, 2019
The philosopher and linguist reflects on his seminal work, "Manufacturing Consent," and the sinister new ways we are sold to advertisers. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )
Blase BonpaneJan 29, 2018
The editor and publisher of Consortiumnews.com, who died Saturday at age 68, had an unwavering commitment to independent journalism. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Jordan Riefe / TruthdigNov 11, 2016
The documentary makes a strong case, with input from a starring lineup of left-leaning investigative reporters, in support of a theme that keeps repeating. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Roisin Davis / TruthdigMar 25, 2015
In a lifetime of media activism, the late journalist and human rights activist Danny Schechter was best known for his advocacy of public media and his work to inform the world of life under South Africa's apartheid regime.The late journalist and activist Danny Schechter was known for his advocacy of public media and his work to shine a spotlight on South African apartheid. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigDec 1, 2010
The way the US conducts diplomacy is now getting more exposure than ever—as is the apparent ease with which the U government lives up (or down) to the adage used by pioneering journalist IF Stone: "Governments lie". Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigNov 6, 2009
I’ve been thinking of IF Stone while reading the growing stack of reports and essays giving recommendations on how to save the declining news business The outrageous solution increasingly favored by the journalism establishment is one that Stone would have hated -- turning to Washington for help I’ve been thinking of I . Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
BLANKMay 29, 2009
Critic and crusader, the late I.F. Stone was an American original. Neither changing times nor his failing eyesight blunted his radical edge or dimmed his acerbic wit. A new biography by D.D. Guttenplan gives us the man behind the legendary muckraker. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigDec 2, 2005
The news that a Time magazine reporter plotted with the attorney for Karl Rove is a window into the den of iniquity that is Washington journalism. As the late great Washington journalist I.F. Stone once put it, "Better to stay in your bathtub reading reports than to have that sort of corrupting access." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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