The Iowa Caucus Con

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Dec 27, 2007 Political reporters are not widely embraced, but in Iowa, they are eagerly welcomed when they show up to cover the state's unique system of selecting presidential nominees. The reason is simple: The media is a co-conspirator in a con, the Iowa caucuses. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Wall Street Journal Braces for Murdoch

Staff / Truthdig Dec 12, 2007 Change is afoot at the Wall Street Journal. As of Wednesday, mega-mogul Rupert Murdoch is just a day shy of officially owning The Journal (although shareholders haven't officially signed off on the sale yet), but he's already looming large at the paper's Dow Jones & Co. headquarters. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Making a Case for the Long View

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Nov 30, 2007 Reporters often live in the moment, focusing on the present and forgetting, at least temporarily, about the past and future -- a trait that works well for many journalistic beats. Boyarsky warns that "when such habits are brought to the political beat, we're all in trouble." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

BBC Reporter Freed

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2007 Alan Johnston, a correspondent in Gaza for the BBC, has been released to Hamas by his captors after they held him for roughly four months. Hamas said Johnston's release was a sign that it was restoring order to Gaza, which it recently seized from rival faction Fatah. Johnston says he stayed on top of the news of his captivity by listening to the BBC World Service on the radio. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kidnapped BBC Reporter Spends Birthday in Captivity

Staff / Truthdig May 17, 2007 BBC reporter Alan Johnston will spend his 45th birthday in captivity. He was kidnapped nine weeks ago in Gaza, where he had worked for three years. The BBC will mark his birthday with candlelight vigils in cities around the world. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Ed Henry

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2007 Truthdig tips its hat this week to the CNN White House correspondent who has doggedly exposed the contradictions between the Bush White House and the U.S. military on Iranian involvement in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Reporters Press Snow to Justify Iran Claims

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2007 Remember how the White House used weasel words and half-truths to link Iraq with al-Qaida? This clip shows more of the same, but this time it's Tony Snow dubiously linking Iraq and Iran -- and reporters are having none of it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Democracy Now! on the L.A. Times Firings

Staff / Truthdig Nov 17, 2006 Amy Goodman interviews L Times reporter Henry Weinstein about the shock waves that have rocked the newspaper since its corporate parent fired the paper's publisher and editor Unfortunately, it's an all-too-common story these days. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

When ‘Truthdigging’ Turns Violent

Staff / Truthdig Sep 7, 2006 When Karl Rove became angered by an investigator who dug up damaging information, he went after the guy's wife. The guy being investigated by this reporter, however, goes straight for the source. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jill Carroll Was Coached by Captors

Staff / Truthdig Aug 16, 2006 In part three of the 11-part series, kidnapped Christian Science Monitor reporter Jill Carroll receives instruction from her captors on how to look miserable on camera. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kidnapped Reporter Carroll: I Pleaded for a Quick Death

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2006 Jill Carroll, the 28-year-old Christian Science Monitor freelancer who was held captive in Iraq for almost three months earlier this year, has gone public for the first time with the story of her ordeal. She recalls beseeching one of her captors to use a gun to kill her -- rather than a knife -- when it seemed her execution was imminent. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Military Checking Journos’ ‘Slant’ Before Granting Access

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2006 Newsweek's former Baghdad bureau chief says that U military personnel in Iraq have started reviewing journalists' previous work and their "slant," or point of view, before granting the reporters the right to embed with units He said some reporters have been "blacklisted" for writing pieces unfriendly to the military . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )