Rather’s $70M Suit Still On

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2008 Dan Rather himself once warned, "Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek," but he's still staring down CBS' toothy maw and refusing to budge in his $70-million lawsuit against his former host network. On Wednesday, a New York Supreme Court justice ruled that (at least for now) Rather's suit could go forward despite CBS' bid to have it dismissed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

AT&T, Microsoft Discuss Internet Filtering

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2008 During a panel discussion at the annual consumer electronics show, representatives from NBC, Microsoft and AT&T made the case for filtering Internet content at the service provider level. The idea is to stop the movement of copyrighted material, but there is a large, scary implication: allowing the pipe owner to control what passes through. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Poking Holes in Fox News’ Mythology of Objectivity

Staff / Truthdig Nov 20, 2007 This is certainly a point that has been made before, but the Guardian's Michael Tomasky performed his own journalistic audit on the U.S.'s Fox News network, starting with the conservative channel's overt claims of offering "fair and balanced" news coverage, and finds that it falls short of its mission statement about spin-free reporting. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CBS Strikes Back at Rather

Staff / Truthdig Nov 16, 2007 The clash of TV titans Dan Rather and CBS execs looked like it might get uglier Thursday after the network filed a motion to dismiss Rather's $70-million lawsuit and CBS officials released a statement claiming they were "mystified" by Rather's "bizarre allegations." Back to you, Dan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Writers Picket With Star Power

Staff / Truthdig Nov 6, 2007 Writers began picketing network and studio headquarters on Monday, with the support of several celebrities and, courtesy of Jay Leno, a couple of boxes of doughnuts. There's no telling how long the strike will last, but parallels to the 1988 walkout that cost Hollywood an estimated half a billion dollars have already been drawn. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Fox Links Al-Qaida to Calif. Wildfires

Staff / Truthdig Oct 25, 2007 Boy, is al-Qaida ever busy these days! In addition to threatening U.S. troops in Iraq, running riot in the hinterlands of Pakistan and generally requiring huge amounts of money and the potential sacrifice of thousands of lives to thwart its infiltration on several fronts, al-Qaida might even be behind the wildfires currently plaguing Southern California, according to "Fox and Friends." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Global War on Toddlerism

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Oct 1, 2007 Fresh on the heels of its reality show "Kid Nation," in which children are sent to perform hard labor on a ranch with no adult supervision, CBS announced today that it is readying a reality show in which children will be sent to the federal detention camp at Guantanamo. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ted Turner’s Take on Iran, Pandas, Nudgy Publicists

Staff / Truthdig Sep 21, 2007 Ever wonder what Ted Turner might be thinking about, say, Mideast politics, or how to squeak by on just "a couple billion" dollars? How about bunnies? If so, you're in luck -- this GQ interview with the ever-rowdy media mogul has it all, along with a rather startling spat with his publicist captured on the record. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rather Slaps CBS With $70M Suit

Staff / Truthdig Sep 20, 2007 It's been 15 months since Dan Rather's former host network forced him out of the top spot on the "CBS Evening News," and now he's giving his erstwhile employer a number of strong reasons why he thinks that was no way to treat an anchor -- 70 million reasons, to be precise. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

China Denies Hacking Pentagon

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2007 China has denied responsibility for a large raid on the Department of Defense's computer network, attributing the accusation to a "Cold War mentality." A senior U.S. official was quoted in the Financial Times as implicating the People's Liberation Army in the attack, which forced the Pentagon to shut down its network for more than a week. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fox News Sets Sights on Iran

Staff / Truthdig Aug 23, 2007 Documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald has put together an alarming new short film, "Fox Attacks: Iran," in which he compares footage featuring Fox News anchors and pundits talking about Iraq before and after the U.S. invasion with the network's more recent coverage about Iran. The similarities are striking. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Evening Snooze

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