O’Reilly Doth Protest Too Much?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2008 In response to Scott McClellan's suggestion that White House talking points somehow found their way onto Fox News pundits' teleprompter feeds, Bill O'Reilly took to the airwaves to defend his honor, denying he ever served as a mouthpiece to the Bush White House and declaring, "McClellan would never dare say that to my face." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scott McClellan: White House Fed ‘Talking Points’ to Fox News

Staff / Truthdig Jul 28, 2008 Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan has dropped yet another bombshell, telling "Hardball" host Chris Matthews on Friday that the Bush administration helped "shape the narrative" of Fox News by passing "taking points" to certain members of Fox's nighttime lineup. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

O’Reilly in One Minute

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2008 State propaganda works through repetition, brevity, fear and unquestioned punditry. Meet "The O'Reilly Factor Lite," a brilliantly produced one-minute clip that will provide everything you need to know to understand what "The O'Reilly Factor" is really about. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ex-NBA Star: Olympians Should Speak About Human Rights in China

Staff / Truthdig May 31, 2008 John Amaechi is not your typical basketball star. The former center for Utah, Orlando and Cleveland is the first NBA alumnus to openly declare that he's gay, and now he's combining sports and cultural politics in another sense by serving as Amnesty International's sports ambassador to this summer's Beijing Olympics. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Speak Now or Cash In Later

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2008 Scott McClellan takes the Bush administration to task in his new memoir, but he had quite a different tune when he was the president's mouthpiece. Here's what he had to say about Richard Clarke's post-administration book: "Well, why, all of a sudden, if he had all these grave concerns, did he not raise these sooner?" Why, indeed, Scott? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ex-Press Secretary Throws Bush Under the Bus

Staff / Truthdig May 28, 2008 Scott McClellan was one of George W. Bush's most loyal aides, so it is surprising to learn that he savages the president and his administration in his new memoir. Among other bombshells, McClellan refers to the administration's "propaganda campaign" to sell the war and accuses Karl Rove and Scooter Libby of meeting in secret during the Plamegate scandal in order to get their stories straight. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

General Happy Swellspin

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Olympic Official Warns of Athlete Ban for Pro-Tibet ‘Propaganda’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 11, 2008 Athletes participating in this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing could be expelled if they fly the Tibetan flag or express political opinions that constitute "propaganda" in official ceremonies and spaces, according to International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, but questions abound as to the precise definition of that term. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iranian Report: Pentagon Video Was ‘Fabricated’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2008 Last Sunday's alleged confrontation between five Iranian boats and a U.S. Navy vessel, the Hopper, in the Strait of Hormuz was not the dangerous confrontation American officials claimed it was, as evidenced by the somewhat confusing footage the Pentagon released Tuesday. In fact, according to a source in Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the video itself was "fabricated." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fox Presses Its Attack on Obama

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2008 When Barack Obama first started running for the White House, Fox News tried to paint him with the terrorism brush. Rather than play games with the network, the Obama campaign simply blackballed Fox. Robert Greenwald's "Fox Attacks" brings us up to date after Bill O'Reilly's manhandling of an Obama staffer last weekend. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

FEMA Apologizes for Make-Believe Press Conference

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2007 FEMA has admitted that it was probably a mistake to hold a press conference without members of the press. On Tuesday the agency, perhaps trying to get a jump on the kind of negative publicity it received after Hurricane Katrina, stuffed a press briefing with its own employees, who lobbed softballs such as "Are you happy with FEMA's response so far?" Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )