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Podcast: Robert Greenwald on Fox News and More

Staff / Truthdig Feb 26, 2007 Documentarian Robert Greenwald ("Outfoxed," "Iraq for Sale") joins regular panelists James Harris and Joshua Scheer to talk about Fox News' latest shenanigans, his effort to create an online Iraq war memorial and more. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: David Geffen

Staff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2007 Truthdig tips its hat this week to David Geffen, the powerhouse producer who decided on principle to break ties with Hillary Clinton and support Barack Obama's bid for the White House instead. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Danny Goldberg on Antiwar Artistry

Staff / Truthdig Feb 21, 2007 The former Air America CEO and music mogul discusses the significance of the Dixie Chicks' Grammy win; Al Gore's prospects for 2008; and the liberals' responsibility to "blow the wind" of change. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Podcast: Outsports on Gay Athletes, Hardaway’s Homophobia and More

Staff / Truthdig Feb 20, 2007 Truthdig contributors James Harris and Joshua Scheer are joined by special guest Cyd Zeigler Jr. of outsports.com. Zeigler sounds off on athletes in the closet, the myth that keeps them there and why the homophobic tirade of Tim Hardaway (right) was a good thing. At left is John Amaechi, whose disclosure prompted Hardaway's remark. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gay Former NBA Player Takes Maher Into the Locker Room

Staff / Truthdig Feb 20, 2007 John Amaechi tells Bill Maher that NBA locker rooms are "the gayest places I have ever seen" -- full of ostensibly macho guys primping and preening in front of each other. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oliver Stone on the Future of Political Cinema

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2007 In a video interview with Counterpunch magazine, the legendary filmmaker discusses the power of movies to engender social change on a grass-roots level. (Fellow director Tao Ruspoli conducts this street-level interview on the eve of his own Ken Kesey-esque bus trip across America to shoot socially conscious films.) Watch it Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Conversation With Patrick Cockburn

Staff / Truthdig Feb 18, 2007 One of the UK's most seasoned reporters (The Independent, Financial Times) discusses the dangers of working as an "unembedded" journalist in Iraq and looks at the prospects of war with Iran. (A Counterpunch magazine video interview) Part 1, Part 2 Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Ed Henry

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2007 Truthdig tips its hat this week to the CNN White House correspondent who has doggedly exposed the contradictions between the Bush White House and the U.S. military on Iranian involvement in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Colbert Cools to Global Warming

Staff / Truthdig Feb 16, 2007 Stephen Colbert stands firm when a climate change expert admonishes him for running five dishwashers and a 12-cylinder car. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Reporters Press Snow to Justify Iran Claims

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2007 Remember how the White House used weasel words and half-truths to link Iraq with al-Qaida? This clip shows more of the same, but this time it's Tony Snow dubiously linking Iraq and Iran -- and reporters are having none of it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hedges Explores Colbert’s Alternate Reality

BLANK Feb 12, 2007 Here at Truthdig, we can't get enough of Chris Hedges and his takedown of the radical Christian right. (See our interview with him.) So here's the "American Fascists" author (No. 29 at Amazon.com) holding his own against Stephen Colbert's absurdist onslaught. Jump for videos. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Podcast: Elizabeth de la Vega and the Case for Impeachment

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2007 Regular panelists Robert Scheer, James Harris and Joshua Scheer are joined by special guest Elizabeth de la Vega, a federal prosecutor with more than 20 years of experience and author of the book "United States v. George W. Bush et al.," which lays out the case against the president. UPDATE: Full transcript available Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )