Radio Host Limbaugh Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

MATTHEW DALY / The Associated Press Feb 5, 2020 The conservative commentator, who just announced he has advanced lung cancer, is presented with the honor during Trump's State of the Union. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Don Imus, Made and Betrayed by his Mouth, Dead at 79

DAVID BAUDER / The Associated Press Dec 27, 2019 The radio "shock jock" turned offensive behavior into enormous ratings. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Training Pakistani Reporters in an Uncertain Age

Nisma Chauhan / Truthdig May 23, 2018 Reporters learn to improve their work standards—and to face the dire pressures put on Pakistan's media. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

It’s Communications Policy, Stupid

Mark Lloyd / Truthdig Nov 29, 2017 Our current "crisis of media" is a policy battle that Congress, if pressed by voters, can fix. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Watch Donald Trump Epically Fail Foreign Policy Quiz

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Sep 5, 2015 On the Hugh Hewitt radio show, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination fumbled his way through a foreign-policy pop quiz before announcing, “I will be so good at the military, your head will spin.” Oh, dear. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Muckraking Brazilian Radio Journalist Shot Dead While on Air

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Aug 8, 2015 Gleydson Carvalho, known for his exposure of political corruption in Brazil, was presenting a program on Radio Liberdade FM when two gunmen entered the station's offices during a musical interlude and killed him. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Neil Young Talks Music, Pono and More

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Nov 3, 2014 Here's a musical interlude for a Sunday afternoon. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ranting About Robin Williams, Limbaugh Exposes a Hole in His Own Soul

Joe Conason / Truthdig Aug 16, 2014 Having infuriated millions of Robin Williams fans with insensitive remarks on the late actor's suicide, Rush Limbaugh now blames the "liberal media" and "despicable leftists" for distorting his innocent message. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pulitzer Prize Winner Says U.S. Has the Most Unfair Modern Economy

Staff / Truthdig Apr 11, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Why the rich keep getting richer (and don't even realize it), poverty around the world, Stephen Colbert heads to CBS, and Pacifica tries to put a network back together again. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Amy Goodman Endorses ‘Uprising’s’ Move to Television

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2014 The "Democracy Now!" host who pioneered the transition from radio to television has lent her support to a fundraising campaign that would put Truthdig columnist Sonali Kolhatkar on TV. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Pacifica Can Become the Media That We Need

Staff / Truthdig Apr 2, 2014 America's first public radio network is reportedly in trouble. This is a vision to stabilize and save Pacifica. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Oldest Public Radio Network in America Is in Trouble

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Mar 18, 2014 Pacifica, the original alternative media, just fired its national director. The New York Times doesn't seem to know why. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )