Truthdiggers of the Week: Cenk Uygur and His Team at The Young Turks

BLANK Apr 17, 2016 The energetic host is a journalist who puts his principles and passion into action. He was arrested Monday at a Capitol Hill protest. But what is more important is that his hard-hitting reports are free of an "objectivity" that distorts the truth. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Journalists Attack Univision Anchor Jorge Ramos for Challenging Donald Trump

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 27, 2015 “As usual when someone commits a real act of journalism aimed at the most powerful in the U.S., those leading the charge against him are other journalists, who so tellingly regard actual journalism as a gauche and irreverent crime against those who wield the greatest power and thus merit the greatest deference,” writes Glenn Greenwald at The Intercept. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Switzerland Votes to Narrow Immigration Pipeline From EU Countries

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2014 That old saw about Swiss independence could in part explain Switzerland's vote, held Sunday, in favor of tightening restrictions on immigration into the country from European Union member nations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Moyers on Net Neutrality’s Motley Crew

Staff / Truthdig Jan 17, 2007 At a media reform conference in Memphis, the PBS newsman applauded the coalition-building skills of the architects of the Net Neutrality movement. "Who would have imagined that sitting together in the same democratic broadband pew would be the Christian Coalition, Gun Owners of America, Common Cause and MoveOn.org?" Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Weekly Video Roundup

Staff / Truthdig Dec 23, 2006 In this week's edition of Truthdig-flavored videos, Jon Stewart disassembles Iraq war cheerleader Bill Kristol, Colin Powell tears down John McCain's "troop surge" arguments, and a Va. congressman spouts off some head-scratching anti-Muslim remarks. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘The Internet Must Die’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2006 The guy behind the brilliant techno remix of Sen. Ted Stevens' "Series of Tubes" speech has released another pro-Net Neutrality song inspired by the Alaska senator's rantings. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Defenders of Ted ‘Series of Tubes’ Stevens: He’s Really Tech-Savvy

Staff / Truthdig Jul 15, 2006 Sen Ted Stevens' near-incoherent speech before Congress last week about Internet fundamentals ("It's a series of tubes") quickly made him a national laughingstock But his defenders say Stevens simply used imprecise language, and that he really knows his Net stuff You decide: Defenders speak out Jon Stewart clip Techno remix of Stevens' speech. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sen. Stevens’ Internet Ignorance Goes Viral

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2006 Check out a glorious techno mash-up song of Sen. Ted Stevens' instantly infamous speech last week on Internet technologies, in which the 85-year-old chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee--which is debating Net Neutrality--betrayed his woefully inadequate grasp of Net fundamentals. (h/t: Crooks and Liars) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sen. Stevens’ Internet Ignorance Is Frightening

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2006 As chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, Sen Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) is in charge of bills that control the future of the Internet (like Net Neutrality) So you'll understand why we at Truthdig start crying when we read about the 85-year-old's feeble grasp of this world-changing technology A few Stevens quotes: "An internet was sent by my staff at 10 o?clock" "What happens to your own personal internet?". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Net Neutrality Suffers Setback in Senate Vote

Staff / Truthdig Jun 29, 2006 The Senate Commerce Committee fell a single vote short of passing an amendment to safeguard the free and open Internet as momentum builds toward a full Senate vote on Net neutrality. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Save the Internet (Today)!

Staff / Truthdig Jun 28, 2006 The Senate is due to vote Wednesday on the Net Neutrality bill. Click here and CALL. YOUR. SENATOR. Otherwise, when AT&T is deciding which content streams fastest to your computer, you'll have no one to blame but yourself. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

House Rejects Net Neutrality

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2006 The Nation's John Nichols explains how perilously close the U.S. government is to making a toll road out of the Internet--on which only the rich websites will be able to pay to have their content load move fastest. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )