Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMar 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 )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigAug 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 )
Staff / TruthdigJul 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 )
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Staff / TruthdigMar 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 )
Staff / TruthdigMar 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 )
Staff / TruthdigMar 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 )
Staff / TruthdigMar 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 )
Staff / TruthdigMar 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 )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 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 )
Staff / TruthdigJan 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 )
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