The Media Can’t Tell the Difference Between Fascism and Anti-Fascism

Gregory Shupak / FAIR Oct 13, 2019 Publications refuse to distinguish between those fighting hate crimes and those who commit them. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Actually, Rudy Giuliani Has Always Been Like This

Ari Paul / FAIR Oct 11, 2019 Pundits wondering what has happened to America's Mayor have conveniently forgotten his history of racism and contempt for the poor. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Refuses to Be ‘Gaslit’ by The New York Times

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Sep 19, 2019 The congresswoman makes it clear that she doesn't agree with the paper's take on her recent career moves. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Florida Man’ Jokes Are an Excuse to Laugh at the Poor

Adam H. Johnson / Truthdig Mar 21, 2019 Those with drug and mental health problems also are targets of a media and public obsessed with clickbait.   Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Fox News Exposed as Trump’s Personal Mouthpiece

Ilana Novick Mar 4, 2019 The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer dives deep into the intertwined relationship between the network and the White House. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Your Complete Guide to the N.Y. Times’ Support of U.S.-Backed Coups in Latin America

Adam H. Johnson / Truthdig Jan 29, 2019 There’s a pattern that ranges from Guatemala in 1954, Chile in ’73, Panama in ’89, Venezuela in ’02—clear to the present moment. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Lawsuit: Facebook Used Faulty Data to Convince Publishers to Go All In on Video

Ilana Novick Oct 18, 2018 Video content may not be nearly as lucrative as the social network led media companies to believe. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

New York Times Reporter Investigated for Relationship With Senate Aide

Ilana Novick Jun 26, 2018 Ali Watkins got big national security scoops—while dating a key source. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Media, Morality and the Neighbor’s Cow

By Neal Gabler / Moyers & Company Dec 10, 2016 The value-neutral media "ideal" has left us with a society drained of kindness and mutual responsibility. We must fight against what we've wrought. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

And So it Begins: Normalizing the Election

By Neal Gabler / Moyers & Co. Nov 27, 2016 The media must not excuse racism, misogyny, nativism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia because we think Trump voters have legitimate gripes. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Glenn Greenwald: Daily Beast ‘Intellectually Bankrupt’ for Smearing People for What They Don’t Write

Staff / Truthdig Nov 2, 2015 Editors of The Intercept found the author of a Daily Beast article, accusing the global left of being silent on abuses by Russia, to be hypocritically “completely silent" on a “wide array of severe global injustices.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories With CIA Before Publication

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 7, 2014 In a revelation that seems to vindicate long-aired warnings about how state intimidation worsens the corruption of a press already defanged by the implosion of its financial model, documents obtained by The Intercept show that a prominent national security reporter for the Los Angeles Times "routinely submitted drafts and detailed summaries of his stories to CIA press handlers prior to publication." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )