Media

Phil Donahue, 1935-2024

Jeff Cohen / Common Dreams Aug 20, 2024 Remembering TV’s most progressive daytime host, fired for giving airtime to Iraq War opponents. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Mass Media Is Poisoning Us With Hate

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig May 27, 2019 News outlets on both the left and the right are raking in big profits by intentionally pitting American against American. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

What Are We Doing in Syria?

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 9, 2013 Military historian Andrew Bacevich tells "Moyers & Company" guest host Phil Donahue, "The issue really is not Syria." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges Featured in ‘I Am Bradley Manning’ Video

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 5, 2013 The Truthdig columnist is part of a group of celebrities, journalists and activists who are featured in a new video voicing their support for whistle-blowing Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, whose trial for sending hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks has just gotten underway. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Day That TV News Died

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 25, 2013 If any single day marks the fall of broadcast reporting, it's when Phil Donahue was banished in 2003 for telling the truth about the coming war in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Tomas Young

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 24, 2013 When he dies this spring, Iraq War veteran Tomas Young will have spent his final years struggling to expose the guilt of those who make a holiday of the deaths and suffering of the powerless. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Tomas Young Out Loud

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 21, 2013 The 33-year-old veteran and author of "The Last Letter" appeared with his wife on "Democracy Now!" on Thursday to talk about his decision to end his life amid unrelenting pain and suffering from wounds sustained in the Iraq War, and to read his letter aloud. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

O’Reilly Threatens Caller re Olbermann

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2006 Bill O'Reilly and MSNBC's Keith Olbermann have been feuding for a while now (background story here, a video example, and another clip), and on Thursday, when a caller to O'Reilly's show merely mentioned Olbermann's name, Bill cut the line and said, "We have your phone number and we're going to turn it over to Fox security, and you're going to get a visit"--as though the caller was threatening O'Reilly--when in fact O'Reilly was threatening the caller! UPDATE: FOX security calls back. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )