Teodrose Fikre / TruthdigMay 9, 2018
Corporate courtiers are disguised as journalists, the comedian reminded us at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
By Juan Cole / Informed CommentJun 30, 2017
U.S. media is focusing on the president's provocations rather than on important issues like tax cuts, climate change and health care. (Pictured: Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough on MSNBC.) Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigDec 24, 2016
Our list of the 10 most-viewed A/V Booth posts includes quite a variety of figures, but there's a constant throughout: the 2016 presidential election. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 27, 2016
As polling showed Bernie Sanders gaining on the Democratic candidate in California on Thursday, MSNBC hosts and analysts severely and unanimously criticized the candidate after the inspector general of the State Department she once led published a damning report contradicting her claims that she was allowed to conduct official correspondence on a private email server. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 19, 2016
The DNC chair blasted Bernie Sanders for his response to the chaos at the Nevada State Democratic Convention, prompting criticism from many people, including the Sanders camp. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 27, 2014
Mika Brzezinski calls out her colleague and MSNBC panel for "capitalizing on a non-story for ratings because people's imaginations are pricked by this and that is not responsible." This leads them to talk down, belittle and show a complete disregard for who she is and what she says. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJan 11, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including CNN interrupting Joe Biden's gun control presentation to report on another school shooting and a heated on-air argument between MSNBC's "Morning Joe" co-hosts. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 3, 2007
MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski strenuously objected to covering Paris Hilton's legal woes as a lead story, so much so that when her producer (and the teleprompter) refused to budge, she first tried to burn, then tore and shredded the copy. Here she explains her revolt: "I just don't believe in covering that story, especially not as the lead story in a newscast when you have a day like today." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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