Panic in the Newspaper Biz

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Mar 23, 2006 "I don't so much mind that newspapers are dying -- it's watching them commit suicide that pisses me off." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Olbermann Smacks Down Ingraham

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2006 The MSNBC host calls radio talk show host Laura Ingraham "desperate" and "stupid" for criticizing the bravery of reporters in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Reporter Answers Criticism of War Coverage

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2006 An NBC reporter cuts through the chatter about unreported positive stories in Iraq: You can easily get killed reporting them. So how positive can the situation be? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Top Climate Scientist Ravages Bush on ’60 Minutes’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 21, 2006 NASA scientist James Hansen says that in three decades of government work, he has "never witnessed such restrictions on the ability of scientists to communicate with the public." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Progress Myth in Iraq

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Mar 9, 2006 There is now a three-year record of who has been right about what is happening in Iraq -- Rumsfeld or the media. And the score is: Press, 1,095; Rumsfeld, 0. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Olbermann Returns Jab in O’Reilly Grudge Match

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2006 After Bill O'Reilly threatened one of his callers with legal action for merely mentioning Keith Olbermann, the MSNBC host brings on a former state prosecutor to confirm that the only person in legal jeopardy is O'Reilly himself. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

If Ginsburg Fell Asleep, So Did Media

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2006 Did Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg fall asleep while hearing a key redistricting case -- as Fox charges? If so, most traditional media outlets didn't report it. A conservative website poses an interesting question here: if Justice Thomas or Scalia fell asleep, would most news outlets ignore that, as well? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Death: The Big Story That’s Rarely Covered Well

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Feb 27, 2006 Public acceptance of killing thrives on abstractions. And, in turn, those abstractions are largely facilitated by news media. Solomon examines how words can mask the ugly truth of state-sponsored killing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

In Defense of Free Thought

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Feb 22, 2006 On Monday an Austrian court sentenced crackpot British historian David Irving to three years' imprisonment for having denied the Holocaust 17 years ago. Directly on the heels of rioting sparked by the Muhammad cartoons, the ruling has exposed a longstanding double standard in the West about who is entitled to free speech and why. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Today in the Media War Against Al Qaeda

Staff / Truthdig Feb 20, 2006 Rumsfeld says that we're losing the media war against Al Qaeda, on the same day a militant website posts a new tape by Bin Laden, in which he vows never to be taken alive. In perhaps unrelated Al Qaeda media war news, Batman cartoonist Frank Miller says that the caped crusader's next foes will be Bin Laden's henchmen. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dodging Responsibility While ‘Taking’ It (a perspective from the left)

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2006 Officials' media spin shouldn't be confused with anything genuine. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Shooting Party (a perspective from the right)

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2006 As I understand the profound concern of the ever-alert White House reporters, they smell a constitutional crisis because the shooting party failed to alert the media of the accidental shooting down in Corpus Christi, Texas. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )