Snooping Around Your Skull

Staff / Truthdig Jul 17, 2013 Scientists are working on tiny intelligent dust particles that can be inserted to monitor brain functions; the EU is cracking down on Israel by excluding its settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem from future agreements; meanwhile, reporters at several news journals are getting "camera ready" in order to compete with broadcasters for video views. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

On Message

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Exxon Threatens to Arrest Reporters for Entering Arkansas Oil Spill Site

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Apr 7, 2013 The oil giant is sure doing its best to prevent journalists from covering the recent oil spill from its Pegasus pipeline in Mayflower, Ark., reporters say. And unfortunately for them, a pliant county sheriff's office has shown it's all too willing to help Exxon Mobil out. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Lawmaker Reiterates Akin Remarks, Romney Feels the Power of the Press, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Aug 22, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including the GOP's staunch anti-abortion platform and a CNN appearance by Todd Akin's, er, chair. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Wounded Journalists Smuggled Out of Syria

Staff / Truthdig Feb 28, 2012 On Tuesday, a group of 35 Syrian volunteers -- 13 of whom eventually lost their lives -- took part in a rescue operation to smuggle two foreign journalists, British photographer Paul Conroy and French reporter Edith Bouvier, out of the besieged city of Homs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chelsea Clinton’s Coming to a TV Near You

Staff / Truthdig Nov 15, 2011 Because this is just what the gravely endangered journalistic profession needs, NBC has elected to pluck former first daughter Chelsea Clinton from her hardscrabble life and groom her to become a special correspondent for "NBC Nightly News." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

There’s a New Newspaper on Wall Street

Staff / Truthdig Oct 8, 2011 Some say the media has done a less-than-stellar job of reporting on the Occupy Wall Street protests these last few weeks, but the 99 percent found a way to circumvent that: They published and distributed their own newspaper Saturday, aptly named The Occupied Wall Street Journal. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CBS Reporter Assaulted During Egyptian Celebration

Staff / Truthdig Feb 16, 2011 On Tuesday, CBS News released a statement that reporter Lara Logan was attacked and sexually assaulted in Tahrir Square after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down Logan was filming a segment for "60 Minutes" when she and her crew . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

President Bush and the Flying Shoes: A Cautionary Tale

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 17, 2008 The shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist is now a venerated celebrity throughout the Mideast, and his words to the president—“this is the farewell kiss, you dog”—will stand as the enduring epitaph in the region on Bush’s folly, which is the reality of his claimed legacy of success in the war on terror. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Shoes and Boos for Outgoing Bush

Staff / Truthdig Dec 16, 2008 It's hard to remember the time when George W. Bush winked and swaggered his way into the White House, while rival Al Gore's team fretted that the vice president didn't show enough folksy warmth or wear the right earth tones to win the day. My, how times have changed. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Barney Goes Rogue

Staff / Truthdig Nov 7, 2008 Perhaps the heightened emotion and tension of this election season got to First Dog Barney Bush on Thursday: The president's wee Scottie, clearly out of sorts, munched down on a Reuters reporter's finger. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Reporters Blocked From Interviewing Palin Supporters

Staff / Truthdig Oct 7, 2008 The McCain-Palin campaign has been criticized for limiting media access to VP hopeful Sarah Palin, and now it seems some journalists are having trouble interviewing her supporters, judging by the situation at the Alaska governor's campaign stop Monday in Clearwater, Fla. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )