Fired CIA Officer Was Top NSC Director

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2006 The CIA officer reportedly fired for leaking classified intelligence information is Mary O. McCarthy, who until 2001 was senior director for intelligence programs at the National Security Council. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

UK Reporter Infiltrates Scientology Center

Staff / Truthdig Apr 20, 2006 The journalist posed as a potential recruit and mingled with a cavalcade of zombie-like followers, among other oddities. "I have rarely felt more fearful for my sanity," she writes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Fake Sheikh’ Reporter Gets Taste of His Own Medicine

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2006 Mazher Mahmood, a British reporter who dresses up as a wealthy Arab businessman to entrap high-profile victims in sting operations, has been publicly outed by a member of Parliament N Times story 'Fake Sheikh' home page (created by the MP) . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

American Reporter Set Free in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Mar 30, 2006 Jill Carroll, 28, was released unharmed after nearly three months of captivity. "I was treated well, but I don't know why I was kidnapped," she tells Iraqi TV. As yet, there is no explanation as to why she was let go. Dig deeper

Bush Meeting With Reporters Off the Record

Staff / Truthdig Mar 29, 2006 But the N.Y. Times refuses the meetings, which Bush is holding at the lowest ebb of his presidency. How this fits in with his "Blame the Media on Iraq" policy is something we'll have to puzzle over. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Blame the Media

Staff / Truthdig Mar 28, 2006 Watch video clips of reporters who refuse to accept White House spin that the media is to blame in Iraq: CBS' Lara Logan, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, and NBC's Richard Engel. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Panic in the Newspaper Biz

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Mar 23, 2006 "I don't so much mind that newspapers are dying -- it's watching them commit suicide that pisses me off." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Olbermann Smacks Down Ingraham

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2006 The MSNBC host calls radio talk show host Laura Ingraham "desperate" and "stupid" for criticizing the bravery of reporters in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Reporter Answers Criticism of War Coverage

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2006 An NBC reporter cuts through the chatter about unreported positive stories in Iraq: You can easily get killed reporting them. So how positive can the situation be? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Armed Cheney to Guard Ports

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Feb 25, 2006 Attempting to defuse the controversy over the decision to place the operation of several key American ports in the hands of a company based in Dubai, Vice President Dick Cheney said today that he would personally patrol those ports with a 28-gauge shotgun. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Whittington Leaves Hospital, Speaks to Press

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2006 "We all assume certain risks in what we do Accidents do and will happen," says the 78-year-old lawyer upon being released from the hospital. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

United Farm Workers Strike Back at the L.A. Times

Blair Golson / Truthdig Feb 4, 2006 The UFW refutes allegations that it exploits the legacy of Cesar Chavez Update No 1: Read how it took three phone calls from a congressman and a former cabinet secretary before the LA Times would meet with the UFW 2: Check out an executive summary of the UFW's charges 3: Marc Cooper on the UFW's threat to sue him over a negative column he wrote 4: The L Times prints several corrections to the story. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )