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Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg at an Oct. 2019 presidential debate

7 Pointed Questions for Corporate Media About Their Biases

Jeff Cohen / Truthdig Jan 20, 2020 They are worth asking—and here are some of the many reasons why. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Bill Clinton’s Convention Speech About Hillary Clinton Was Filled With Inaccuracies (Video)

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jul 28, 2016 Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) co-founder Jeff Cohen dissected the former president's 43-minute talk and found many of the policy claims he made to be wrong. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdig at the 2016 Democratic National Convention

Staff / Truthdig Jul 25, 2016 Experience all of Truthdig's coverage for the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Hillary Clinton Ally David Brock Explains How Fox News Distorts the Media

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2016 In an exclusive clip from the forthcoming documentary “The Brainwashing of My Dad,” the political operative explains that Fox degrades other news organizations by forcing them to cope with misunderstanding that its stream of misinformation and skewed framing creates in the minds of consumers of mainstream news. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Is Hillary Clinton a Progressive? Not According to Her Policy Record

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2016 Jeff Cohen, media scholar at Ithaca College and founder of the watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, reviews Clinton's history of "progressivism" and laughs. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Media Critic on Why It’s Only Getting Worse

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2007 Jeff Cohen joins Truthdig to talk about life in the big media trenches, why news coverage is only getting worse, and how horse race politics and the corporatization of information are killing American democracy. Cohen was the communications director for the 2004 Dennis Kucinich campaign, founder of Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting, and author most recently of "Cable News Confidential" (excerpted here). Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )