Staff / TruthdigMar 10, 2016
In an exclusive clip from the forthcoming documentary “The Brainwashing of My Dad,” the political operative explains that Fox degrades other news organizations by forcing them to cope with misunderstanding that its stream of misinformation and skewed framing creates in the minds of consumers of mainstream news. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigOct 8, 2013
The man who was once the Supreme Court's most conservative justice (now there's a depressing past tense) tells New York magazine that he gets most of his news listening to talk radio on the way to and from work. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMay 9, 2013
An advertising boycott enacted in the wake of Rush Limbaugh's controversial "slut" comment about Sandra Fluke last year appears to be working. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 24, 2012
People who are not exposed to any news know more about domestic and international affairs than those who get their information from Fox News, according to a phone poll conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
David Sirota / TruthdigJan 14, 2011
The new media economy encourages ever more violent vitriol because that's now become the most reliable way to build a following and, thus, generate profit. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 14, 2011
A spokesman for the shock jock's syndicate says a Tucson, Ariz., billboard featuring Limbaugh's name, the phrase "straight shooter" and bullet hole imagery was designed by a local station and removed after the shooting massacre that took place in that city. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigMar 25, 2010
Going too far for Bill O'Reilly is going very far indeed, but the madness of the conservative reaction to the health care bill has yet to abate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigOct 12, 2009
President Obama should make peace with the "angry white men" who see his Nobel Prize as a token of elitism by enacting policies that address their economic grievances.President Obama should make peace with the "angry white men" who see his Nobel Prize as a token of elitism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigSep 9, 2009
The right-wing radio and TV host may have helped oust activist and green jobs adviser Van Jones from the administration, but in doing so he further justified the boycott against his broadcasts. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
BLANKAug 11, 2009
What is it about chain e-mails that makes potentially reasonable people who might even be wary of believing everything they read -- at least when it comes to stories generated by media outlets -- so gullible and so willing to latch on to hyperbolic distortions and ideologically driven misinformation campaigns? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 22, 2006
Radio host Melanie Morgan launches a right-wing tirade against Nancy Pelosi, saying: "We've got a bull's-eye painted on her big, wide, laughing eyes." Later in the clip, the pundits on the show are then too fixated by a discussion of Pelosi's style of blinking to offer a more nuanced critique of House leadership. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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