Report: CIA Wielded Gun, Power Drill in Interrogation

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2009 Another account describing the CIA's alleged use of harsh interrogation techniques has come to light, according to a Newsweek magazine report about the intelligence agency's treatment of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a suspect in the 2000 bombing of the U.S. Navy destroyer Cole in Yemen. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Newsweeklies on the Brink

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2009 So, Time and Newsweek have had to reinvent themselves in the face of flagging circulation numbers and built-in relevance issues (i.e., they were created at a time when there were too many newspapers, crazy as that sounds now), but as The Atlantic's Michael Hirschorn notes, there's one weekly news digest that's going strong while others falter. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain Insiders Paint a Not-So-Pretty Picture of Palin

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2008 On Wednesday, Fox News' Carl Cameron kicked off a round of Republican in-fighting that had snowballed considerably by Wednesday, thanks to reports from unnamed McCain campaign informants about Sarah Palin's alleged "diva"-like behavior. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Zakaria Calls Palin ‘Utterly Unqualified’ for VP Post

Staff / Truthdig Sep 30, 2008 Calling Sarah Palin's recent interview with CBS anchor Katie Couric "the last straw," Newsweek editor and columnist Fareed Zakaria tells Wolf Blitzer on Monday's episode of "The Situation Room" that it's not a matter of Palin not giving the right answer when faced with a complex question about the economy or foreign policy, "it's that she clearly does not understand the question." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sam Harris on Sarah Palin and ‘Mediocrity’

Staff / Truthdig Sep 22, 2008 The trailblazing atheist and Truthdig contributor takes on Sarah Barracuda in the new Newsweek: "When it comes to politics, there is a mad love of mediocrity in this country. 'They think they're better than you!' is the refrain that (highly competent and cynical) Republican strategists have set loose among the crowd, and the crowd has grown drunk on it once again." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The McCains Have 12 More Cars Than the Obamas

Staff / Truthdig Sep 22, 2008 Forget houses, John and Cindy McCain have 13 cars to Barack and Michelle Obama's one. McCain would point out that most of the vehicles are in his wife's name, but still, you can't call the other guy an elitist when you sleep with one. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama on the Rise

Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2008 Presidential candidate Barack Obama is currently enjoying a 15-point lead over Republican rival John McCain, according to a new poll conducted by Newsweek, which found that 51 percent of registered voters around the country favored Obama for president, while 36 percent picked McCain. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain’s Attention Deficit

Staff / Truthdig Apr 30, 2008 While the spotlight is starting to singe the Democrats, it's true that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have gotten heaping doses of attention compared with the supposed media darling, John McCain. Here's one indication: The covers of Time and Newsweek have featured the face of an Obama or a Clinton eight times since Super Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gore Vidal Speaks Seriously Ill of the Dead

Gore Vidal / Truthdig Mar 21, 2008 The iconic author objects to Newsweek's obituary of his onetime rival, William F Buckley, a "knightly man" who stood up to "bullies" like Gore Vidal by verbally gay-bashing him on national television. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Grand Theft Delegate

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2008 Hillary Clinton has returned to the subject of poaching pledged delegates, a topic that was raised and immediately lowered by her campaign earlier in the primary season. In a new interview in Newsweek, Clinton drops the hint: "Even elected and caucus delegates are not required to stay with whomever they are pledged to." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Karl Rove’s Newsweek Gig

Staff / Truthdig Nov 16, 2007 It's really only a matter of time, after a member of the current administration steps down, before he or she re-emerges on the political and/or cultural scene. Take Karl Rove, for example, who, not to be relegated to some contrived yet lucrative "consulting" position (not yet, at any rate), will write about the upcoming elections for Newsweek. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Media’s Centrist Bias

Staff / Truthdig Nov 14, 2006 With the battle to frame the meaning of the election ongoing, the media have started to weigh in with a vote for the center. Time, which referred to the '94 Republican takeover of Congress as a "GOP Stampede," calls the center the "new place to be," while Newsweek's cover bizarrely claims the election validates the "centrist" politics of George H.W. Bush. (h/t: Think Progress) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )