Arianna on Election Fear Factor

Staff / Truthdig Oct 25, 2006 Arianna Huffington issues an appeal for calm in the face of election season fear-mongering: "Remember FDR. 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.' And, of course, those who use it for their own political purposes." (Video & Transcript) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Study: ‘Daily Show’ as Informative as Broadcast News

Staff / Truthdig Oct 18, 2006 It has often been said that "The Daily Show" is the major source of news for many Americans, but a recent study found the comedy program to be just as informative as nightly news broadcasts. The only difference: While Jon Stewart and Co. dilute the news with humor, the networks fill their broadcasts with hype. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Friendster Rebellion: A Privacy-Concern Dam Break?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 8, 2006 Bush's warrantless wiretapping program failed to arouse much more than a collective shrug across much of America, but when the social networking site Facebook recently began broadcasting every change a user makes to his online "friends," ("you're out of my top-50," for example), the community rebelled -- quickly and viciously. Could this be the start of something? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dole in the Headlights

Staff / Truthdig Sep 4, 2006 Elizabeth Dole was asked by Fox News to name a Democrat who was appeasing terrorists. She couldn?t, but instead launched into a nonsensical yarn, loosely linking opposition to the long-ineffective missile defense program and the Patriot Act to appeasement. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Buchanan Misses White America

Staff / Truthdig Sep 1, 2006 While out pimping his book, Pat Buchanan made an appearance on Fox News on Wednesday, where he exposed himself with a statement as racist as it was whiny: ?I?d like the country I grew up in. It was a good country. I lived in Washington, D.C., 400,000 black folks, 400,000 white folks, in a country 89 or 90 percent white. I like that country.? (Video & Transcript) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Breaking (Fox) News!

Staff / Truthdig Aug 23, 2006 Stop the presses! Fox News has a scorching "breaking news" update! Ready for it? OK: Suspected Jonbenet killer John Mark Karr drank champagne on his flight to the United States! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kristol Sees Iran Confrontation Sooner, Not Later

Staff / Truthdig Aug 23, 2006 Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol continues his drumbeat for war against Iran in this clip from Fox News This is how it all starts Unconvinced? Take it from Sy Hersh, the country's best investigative journalist: (chronological dispatches, from oldest to newest: here, here, here and here). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Enough Already

Staff / Truthdig Aug 21, 2006 It's one thing to report a story, it's another to obsess over every detail at the expense of real news. Wall-to-wall coverage of the JonBenet case continues on every major news channel, despite Israel's violation of the cease-fire, the ruling against wiretapping, and Iran's missile tests. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Crazy Conservative Watch

Staff / Truthdig Aug 16, 2006 Speaking on Fox News on Tuesday, conservative radio host Mike Gallagher proposed installing a Muslims-only line at U.S. airports. (Watch it) Even scarier, the studio audience broke into applause. This is happening in real-life America, folks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘What a Preposterous First Question’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 10, 2006 George Galloway, the Scottish MP who came to international prominence for his outspoken opposition to the war in Iraq, engages in a heated (and abusive) debate with a Sky News anchor over the morality of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict. We don't agree with Galloway on everything, but this is the rare shouting match with substance. NOTE: Broken link to video is now working Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: Rapture Watch 2006

Staff / Truthdig Aug 4, 2006 Jon Stewart had a roundup Thursday of a bizarre recent trend: Armageddon ?news? coverage. Behold this montage of shame, in which every TV news outlet from ?Good Morning America? to MSNBC seemed to make an appearance. CNN, in its quest for fact, checked something called a ?rapture index,? while Fox News demanded a rapture timetable, prompting Stewart to comment, ?That?s the timetable Fox News is demanding we have." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lamont Fends Off Lieberman With Fox News Sword

Staff / Truthdig Jul 7, 2006 Cute moment in Thursday's debate in Connecticut's Dem Senate primary race: Sen Lieberman tried to interrupt challenger Ned Lamont and Lamont silenced him by saying "this isn't Fox News, sir" . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )