Media Rules Us

Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City Mar 16, 2014 Dig deeper

The Golden Age of Journalism?

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Jan 23, 2014 Only in the years that shrank the screen to your desk, then your hand, now your pocket -- and one day soon on your eyeglasses -- did it became apparent that throughout the print era the newspaper had been misnamed. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Censorship

Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City Nov 26, 2013 Dig deeper

Breaking News: Jesus Was a Roman Fabrication

Staff / Truthdig Oct 10, 2013 Biblical scholar Joseph Atwill discovered an ancient confession that states Roman aristocrats made up Jesus Christ; Israel's Sephardic chief rabbi was willing to return the Temple Mount; meanwhile, the newspaper industry is wrought with turmoil, and it's only getting worse. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Twitter Tweets It’s Going Public

Staff / Truthdig Sep 14, 2013 Following in Facebook's footsteps, the social media site has filed for an IPO; a pastor who believed he could "rape away the gay" in several teens will not serve time in prison; and Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent New York Times' op-ed caused a stir, but it wasn't his first byline in U.S. newspapers. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Missing: The L.A. Times’ Provocateur Extraordinaire

Mark Heisler / Truthdig Aug 27, 2013 No, I don’t know what’s going on with the Los Angeles Times’ love-him-or-hate-him TJ Simers, whose sports column has disappeared from the paper since June 2, when he staged a free throw shooting contest between his grown daughter, Kelly Nielsen, and NBA star Dwight Howard Simers, whose sports column has disappeared from the paper in June after he staged a free throw shooting contest with Dwight Howard. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Don’t Believe Everything You Read

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Aug 13, 2013 The news media, in reporting the sale of The Washington Post and the implications for The New York Times, ignored a fundamental rule of journalism and life: Bosses lie. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Thank You, Graham Family

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Aug 10, 2013 Thank you for building and sustaining one of the world's greatest newspapers -- and, when the time came, letting it go. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bezos Buys Washington Post

Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News Aug 9, 2013 Dig deeper

Newspapers Are Disappointingly Partisan When It Comes to Scandal

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Aug 8, 2013 A study has found bias where there isn't supposed to be any. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chicago Sun-Times Eliminates Photo Staff

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 31, 2013 Up to 30 photographers and editorial support staff for the Chicago Sun-Times and its suburban sister newspapers -- virtually the entire photo department -- were laid off Thursday morning. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Save Our Democracy: Buy the L.A. Times for $660 Million

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 17, 2013 The Other 98%, a group loosely associated with Occupy Wall Street, is trying to raise enough cash to outbid Rupert Murdoch and the Koch brothers in their efforts to buy the Tribune Company, owner of the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and The Baltimore Sun, among other newspapers. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )