Starting ‘Em Young

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2008 Warner Bros. might take issue with this character, Assud the rabbit, who recently debuted on the Palestinian kid-targeted program "Pioneers of Tomorrow" and bears more than a passing resemblance to WB's Bugs Bunny. The similarities stop there, as Assud says he will "get rid of the Jews" and will "eat them up." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

It’s an Air War

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2008 There's a reason campaigns are more expensive than ever: commercials. Although they try, the candidates can't be in every Super Tuesday state at the same time, and the most effective way of reaching millions of people in one state is the same for politicians as it is for Tylenol. Even Barack Obama, who has bet big on his grass-roots organization, spent around $4 million on ads in the last week of January. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Wants to Go Live

Staff / Truthdig Dec 29, 2007 After Hillary Clinton announced she will buy two minutes of air time on every evening newscast in Iowa, Barack Obama wants to go even further with either a two- or five-minute live campaign commercial, to be aired simultaneously on all the networks. The stunt, which "West Wing" viewers will recognize from the show's last season, has station managers scratching their heads. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

FCC Sells Out

Staff / Truthdig Dec 19, 2007 Despite opposition from Congress and the public, the FCC has decided it's in the nation's best interest to relax decades-old ownership rules that prohibit media giants from owning newspapers and broadcasts outlets in the same local market. The idea behind the old rules, crazy as it sounds, is that it's probably not a good thing to get all of your information from the same place. The FCC's three Republicans and America's media conglomerates disagree. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jesus, Then the Dinosaurs, Then the Greeks …

Staff / Truthdig Dec 5, 2007 Here's an easy question: What's worse, someone who doesn't know anything about the world or someone who tries to spread his or her ignorance to others on national television? "The View's" Sherri Shepard, who once admitted she didn't know if the world was flat, insists that "Jesus came first before [the Greeks and Romans]" and "I don't think anything predated Christians." Really? What about Pangea? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Dubious Mr. Dobbs

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Dec 5, 2007 The CNN personality, who continues to beat the drum against "illegal aliens," claims to be a journalist. If he really is one, he should respect facts and correct errors. Let's all hold our breath until that happens. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

WGA Strikers to Return to the Table Nov. 26

Staff / Truthdig Nov 18, 2007 An end may be in sight for striking television and film writers and their studio bosses if negotiations, now set to resume Nov 26, are effective However, WGA West President Patric Verrone cautioned union members to stand their ground in an e-mail titled "Don't Break Out the Champagne Just Yet". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Writers Picket With Star Power

Staff / Truthdig Nov 6, 2007 Writers began picketing network and studio headquarters on Monday, with the support of several celebrities and, courtesy of Jay Leno, a couple of boxes of doughnuts. There's no telling how long the strike will last, but parallels to the 1988 walkout that cost Hollywood an estimated half a billion dollars have already been drawn. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bill Maher vs. ‘9/11 Truthers’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 22, 2007 The "Real Time" host became so frustrated with a couple of "9/11 Truthers" who infiltrated his audience Friday that he left the stage to personally oversee their expulsion. The fracas was so entertaining that HBO aired the entire incident on the West Coast feed, which could have easily been edited. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Being Gay Still Not OK at Vatican

Staff / Truthdig Oct 13, 2007 Given the Catholic Church's record of dealing (or not) with homosexuality, especially within its upper ranks, it's not particularly shocking that the Vatican suspended Monsignor Tomasso Stenico after he said he was gay on an Italian television show. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Your Tax Dollars at Work: Abstinence Ads

Staff / Truthdig Oct 9, 2007 The Department of Health and Human Services' latest abstinence ad commands the viewer to "tell your kids you want them to wait till they're married to have sex." That's the Bush administration for you: Forget about the heaps of data that show a strategy doesn't work and just keep throwing money at it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Global War on Toddlerism

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Oct 1, 2007 Fresh on the heels of its reality show "Kid Nation," in which children are sent to perform hard labor on a ranch with no adult supervision, CBS announced today that it is readying a reality show in which children will be sent to the federal detention camp at Guantanamo. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )