Nurses vs. Wall Street

Staff / Truthdig Sep 7, 2011 Nurses in San Francisco make a statement about Wall Street; Hispanic media are faring better than their mainstream counterparts; and Steve Jobs leaves the world with a pricey legacy. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

No Freedom of Speech for AP Journalists

Staff / Truthdig Jul 9, 2011 A deputy managing editor at The Associated Press has issued a formal warning to the company’s employees after two journalists voiced their opinions on New York's approval of gay marriage and the Casey Anthony murder trial on social media sites. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How to Report the News

Staff / Truthdig Jan 28, 2010 This clip is, as they say across the pond, brilliant. A humorous fellow by the name of Charlie Brooker has cracked the not-so-secret code to how one properly reports the news, and it involves meaningful hand gestures, well-timed freezes, man-on-the-street reportage and headless shots of overweight people milling through metropolitan foot traffic. Watch and learn! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama of the Year

Staff / Truthdig Dec 17, 2008 Joining the ranks of you, Kenneth Starr and the computer, Barack Obama has, not surprisingly, achieved the most prestigious superlative in history's magazine of choice: Time's "Person of the Year." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Palin Fears for (Her) Free Speech

Staff / Truthdig Oct 31, 2008 Someone better give Sarah Palin a copy of the U.S. Constitution -- or better yet, read it to her slowly. The up-and-coming legal scholar/vice presidential candidate is scared for her own First Amendment rights because of "attacks" from reporters who claim she is engaging in negative campaign tactics. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Christian Science Monitor Will Go Paperless

Staff / Truthdig Oct 29, 2008 The oft-repeated narrative of print news going to the pits has gained another protagonist, as the century-old Christian Science Monitor recently decided to cease its daily print edition, banking now on the Internet as its key distribution mechanism. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The End of an Institution

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Aug 29, 2008 I suppose I should be sad to watch the decline of the once mighty political media, an institution that trained and nurtured me. But that's not how I feel. For this was the institution that cheered when President Bush took us to war. This is also the institution that is getting this Democratic National Convention wrong, obsessed with a phony feud between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, wasting time interviewing that small but vengeful cult, the die-hard Hillaryites. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Real Operation to ‘Rescue’ Ingrid Betancourt

Staff / Truthdig Jul 9, 2008 The July 2nd rescue of French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and U.S. mercenaries employed by the Northrop Grumman Corp. was heralded as a dramatic victory over the anti-imperial FARC guerrilla forces in Colombia. The real story may be significantly less daring. The mainstream media's heroic rescue narrative is being contradicted by claims that a $20-million ransom payment was made. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain and the Media: A Love Story?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 30, 2008 The McLaughlin Group takes a look at why, as John McLaughlin claims, Sen. John McCain is "emerging upward" -- at least in terms of the press' treatment of the Republican "maverick," whom one media source praised for his "zealous, unbending beliefs," even as another touted his willingness to thumb his nose at ultraconservatives and compromise when necessary. Pat Buchanan, however, is adamant that the McCain "love affair is over." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )