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 )

O’Reilly Threatens Caller re Olbermann

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2006 Bill O'Reilly and MSNBC's Keith Olbermann have been feuding for a while now (background story here, a video example, and another clip), and on Thursday, when a caller to O'Reilly's show merely mentioned Olbermann's name, Bill cut the line and said, "We have your phone number and we're going to turn it over to Fox security, and you're going to get a visit"--as though the caller was threatening O'Reilly--when in fact O'Reilly was threatening the caller! UPDATE: FOX security calls back. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Guess Who Was Shopping Abramoff-Bush Pix? Abramoff!

Staff / Truthdig Jan 25, 2006 Newsweek's Michael Isikoff confirms it, and he speculates: "Maybe [Abramoff] wants something from somebody at the White House, or he wants someone at the White House not to do something." | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )