Staff / TruthdigSep 15, 2011
A recent Nielsen report shows that Americans reached a new cultural milestone in May: They collectively spent 53.5 billion minutes on Facebook that month. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 7, 2011
After roughly 42,000 gallons of oil spewed into the Yellowstone River in Montana last weekend, federal documents show that Exxon Mobil officials were not candid with the public about the length of time it took to seal the burst pipe. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 16, 2010
He may disagree with his characterization in "The Social Network," but Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may have been done some good by screen scribe Aaron Sorkin's and director David Fincher's depiction of him in their overachieving film, as it turns out. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 30, 2010
Why does the Washington Post allow an employee of Time Warner to write commentaries on Time Warner? That's the question posed by Glenn Greenwald, who writes that the paper "employs as its media critic an employee of Time Warner, the largest media conglomerate in the world." (continued) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 25, 2010
The Onion mocks Time's glossy infographics and inane weekly updates on Jesus and depression with this biting parody. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 29, 2010
Relying primarily on a controversial Louisiana expert with previous ties to BP but also quoting a leader of the Audubon Society, Time magazine has posted a contrarian report arguing that the environmental damage of the Deepwater Horizon disaster has been overblown. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 28, 2010
In an effort to "breathe new life into business activity," Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has reduced the number of time zones in his country from 11 to nine. More time zone collapsing could lie ahead, with Medvedev suggesting Russia could get by with maybe five. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 14, 2009
With multiple gadgets and screens constantly running, and perhaps even a different sense of time than our forebears had, it's no surprise that powering down long enough to curl up with a book is becoming an endangered activity -- although, as David L. Ulin argues in the Los Angeles Times, it's still a very vital contemplative practice to pursue. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 2, 2009
So, Time and Newsweek have had to reinvent themselves in the face of flagging circulation numbers and built-in relevance issues (i.e., they were created at a time when there were too many newspapers, crazy as that sounds now), but as The Atlantic's Michael Hirschorn notes, there's one weekly news digest that's going strong while others falter. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigJan 1, 2009
In a sense, we're all Bernie Madoff. We've been running our economy in accordance with his accounting principles for a generation -- and now we face a most unpleasant reckoning. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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