Bill Moyers Interviews Jon Stewart

Staff / Truthdig Apr 30, 2007 The veteran newsman probes "The Daily Show" host on the state of journalism, his recent showdown with Sen. John McCain and how he finally figured out the Bush administration. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Bush Wants to Gut PBS Funding

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2007 The president's new budget would slash funding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by 25 percent. CPB is the major financial backer of PBS, and a cut of this size would be certain to cripple the public network's ability to provide the high-quality television programming it is known for. Dig deeper ( 2 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 )

Bill Moyers on Defiling Democracy

Staff / Truthdig Dec 9, 2006 Bill Moyers offers this gripping and comprehensive analysis of corruption in Washington and finds that "although Jack Abramoff [above] and Tom DeLay have been brought down, the system remains as vulnerable as ever." Watch it Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

PBS Kiddie Show Host Fired Over Sexy Spoof Videos

Staff / Truthdig Jul 26, 2006 The PBS KIDS Sprout network has fired the host of "The Good Night Show" upon learning that she appeared seven years ago in videos called "Technical Virgin," which dealt satirically with anal sex and masturbation PBS's president said the videos "undermine [the host's] credibility with our audience" Link to the videos in question. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Frontline’ Profiles the Dark Side of Cheney

Staff / Truthdig Jun 23, 2006 Watch the PBS documentary on the vice president's post-9/11 actions that has the progressive blogosphere buzzing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CIA Veteran: White House Was Subtle in Twisting Analysts’ Arms

Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2006 The CIA's former top man in the Middle East and South Asia says in a PBS interview that Americans shouldn't be persuaded by official reports that prewar intelligence on Iraq wasn't politicized; twisting the arms of analysts may not have been official policy but it happened nonetheless. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )