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John Oliver on How to Handle Trump Administration Lies (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2017 In a segment titled "Trump vs Truth," the "Last Week Tonight" host questions the president's approach to facts and offers ideas on how to combat misinformation In a segment titled "Trump vs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Hillary Clinton Ally David Brock Explains How Fox News Distorts the Media

Staff / Truthdig Mar 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 )

AUDIO: ‘Where There Is Rust’: A Timely Poem About Knowledge in an Age of Deceptive Discourse

Staff / Truthdig Nov 11, 2015 "Let this inform you how/ to be informed" begin Peter Burzynski's scathing couplets on critical thinking at a time when misinformation floods our daily lives. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Science in an Age of Opinion

By John K. White, Counterpunch Mar 11, 2015 In the media at large, the validity of vaccines, global warming and other scientific findings are being overturned without giving thought to the politics of the sources or the bias of the audience. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

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Rights Group Fires Back at Israel

Staff / Truthdig Nov 14, 2009 Human Rights Watch is accusing Israel and its backers of waging a campaign of misinformation in an effort to discredit the group. HRW has been a leading voice in condemning alleged Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Creates Department of Faulty Intelligence

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Mar 19, 2007 The satirist envisions a Cabinet-level agency to better handle the abundance of misinformation pumped out by the administration. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )