Staff / TruthdigAug 18, 2007
The innovator of the Snow job says he'll be leaving the White House before George W. Bush, but it won't be for health reasons: "I've told people when my money runs out, then I've got to go." Press secretary Tony Snow's spintastic rhetorical flair will surely be missed by a president always in need of damage control and a blogosphere that has grown attached to those "did he just say that?" moments. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 12, 2007
Check out the trailer for "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death," the chilling outcome of acclaimed author and columnist Norman Solomon's collaboration with the Media Education Foundation. (Above, Bill O'Reilly, one of those in the movie.) The documentary is based on Solomon's book of the same name and uses archival footage to map the rhetoric of war since the 1960s. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 20, 2007
Henry Waxman's House committee put the irons to Philip A. Cooney on Monday. The former oil lobbyist who became chief of staff of the White House Council on Environmental Quality made hundreds of edits to government reports in order to downplay the link between fossil fuels and global warming. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Andy Borowitz / TruthdigFeb 5, 2007
Satirist Andy Borowitz pokes fun at the media's reliance on the know-it-alls who often shape our opinions. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 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 )
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