House GOP Budget Would Strip Nonexistent ACORN of Federal Funds Again

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Mar 6, 2013 A bizarre provision of the House Republicans' short-term budget bill would strip ACORN of all federal funds even though 1) the government already withdrew all federal money from the organization and 2) the group no longer exists. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Romney Gets Nominated, Giffords Starts Gabby PAC, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Aug 29, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including some highlights of Day 2 of the Republican National Convention. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Right-Wing Press Ignores Terrorist Attack on Clinic

Staff / Truthdig Jul 31, 2011 Did you hear that a Planned Parenthood clinic in McKinney, Texas, was firebombed last Tuesday? If you read only the conservative press, then chances are you didn't. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Making a Case for NPR

Staff / Truthdig Mar 25, 2011 Granted, the person making the points about NPR's virtues in this Wall Street Journal Op-Ed piece is Steve Inskeep, who is himself a host of NPR's "Morning Edition." But he brings in some data about who's actually tuning in that might surprise longtime listeners as well as detractors. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

House GOP Gangs Up on NPR

Staff / Truthdig Mar 18, 2011 Because this is the most pressing matter to capture their collective attention, House Republicans moved swiftly to bring the issue of government funding for National Public Radio (or lack thereof, if they'd have it their way) to a vote Thursday. Updated Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

NPR Controversy Fueled by Dishonest Editing

Staff / Truthdig Mar 15, 2011 Where there's smoke, there's fire. Where there's a conservative video sting allegedly capturing a liberal target saying something controversial, there's highly manipulative editing. As Mark Sumner on the Daily Kos puts it, "The ACORN video was a fake. The Shirley Sherrod video was a fake. So why should anyone be surprised to find that the NPR video is also a fake?" (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

NPR’s CEO Ousted After Right-Wing Sting Stunt

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2011 Is NPR the next Acorn? The public radio powerhouse is apparently the latest target of conservative rabble-rousers such as James O'Keefe, the undercover right-winger whose Acorn sting spelled major trouble for that institution, and Wednesday, NPR's CEO Vivian Schiller took the fall. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Colbert Report’: Pimpin’ 101 with Sean Hannity

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2010 Conservative faux-pimp prankster James O'Keefe earned high praise from Fox News' starring lineup -- Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity, among other Murdochians -- for his infamous ACORN prostitution "bust" depicted in a video which turns out to have been edited, perhaps with a goal in mind In keeping with this spirit, Stephen Colbert engaged in a little deceptive (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

ACORN Changing Shape?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 23, 2010 Despite earlier reports that ACORN, the national coalition of community organizations that some conservatives love to hate, is effectively "dissolving as a national structure," an ACORN spokesperson told The American Prospect that the national network "still exists." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Anti-ACORN Filmmaker’s Hijinks Lead to Arrest

Staff / Truthdig Jan 28, 2010 Budding filmmaker and right-wing sting operator James O'Keefe was among a group of four people arrested in New Orleans on Monday for entering the office of Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu under false pretenses. The 25-year-old O'Keefe had previously been heralded by GOP types for shooting footage of ACORN employees allegedly involving themselves in the cover-up of a (fabricated) prostitution business. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )