Glenn Beck Has a Point

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2011 Excuse us while we hold back the dry heave and acknowledge that buried in this obnoxious, childish rant of Glenn Beck's, there's a valid point lurking. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama’s Tax-Cut Plan for Dummies

Staff / Truthdig Dec 14, 2010 From the "White House White Board" to Glenn Beck's blackboard, it seems like everyone's trying to spell out fundamental political concepts using methods usually reserved for elementary school teachers. Does this say something about their opinions of American voters? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Glenn Beck and His Blackboard Call Assange a ‘Player’

Staff / Truthdig Dec 9, 2010 Where would Glenn Beck be without his blackboard? Will he ever graduate to dry erase? So many questions! In this clip, Beck delivers some much-needed answers about WikiLeaks' beleaguered founder Julian Assange -- more specifically, about Assange's sex life. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Partisan Programming: Dems vs. GOP

Staff / Truthdig Nov 11, 2010 What effect, if any, does party affiliation have on Americans' preferences for televised entertainment? Is this not a question that keeps you up at night? Turns out that the thinly veiled liberal social politics of "Mad Men" appeal to Democrats -- as does murder, apparently. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Give Us This Day Our ‘Daily Show’

Mr. Fish / Truthdig Nov 2, 2010 Political comedy, without practical application within a political strategy, will merely satiate our hunger for real change with a punch line and rob us of our sensitivity to any number of social and political injustices.Did this humongous assemblage of, according to some estimates, a quarter of a million people encourage a uniform stupidity rather than an accrued intelligence? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Poison at the Tea Party

By Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang Oct 27, 2010 The tea partyers issue dire warnings of the threat posed by government, but their movement ignores the threat from corporate America: pollution, dangerous products and banking practices that brought us the worst economic crash since the Great Depression.In their zeal to live free from outside interference, the tea parties are shooting at the wrong target. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Jon Stewart’s Rally, as Seen From Taiwan

Staff / Truthdig Oct 26, 2010 As Jon Stewart prepares for his "Rally to Restore Sanity" this Saturday in Washington, DC, and Fox Newsers spin stories of Democratic conspiracies, the politically attuned animators over at NMA World Edition in Taiwan have clearly been paying attention (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Colbert Report’: The Tea Party in Four Minutes

Staff / Truthdig Oct 23, 2010 It's hard to believe that the tea party movement is less than 2 years old. Just think of the cast of colorful characters we've gotten to know in such a short time -- from old favorites repurposed for the job like Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann to newcomers like Christine O'Donnell. Stephen Colbert relives the magic in this special "Colbert Report" mash-up. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Glenn Beck Is No Match for William Shatner

Staff / Truthdig Oct 19, 2010 Back in his CNN days, the cable crier was baffled by a conversation with the always fascinating William Shatner Even a chatterbox like Beck didn't know what to do with a statement like, "They're pressed together, defecating into the ocean and it's all it's just too much". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Coming This Fall

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Stewart, Colbert Announce Rallies

Staff / Truthdig Sep 17, 2010 Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have taken parody to the next level. The comedians announced two parallel rallies to happen on the mall in Washington, D.C., just days before the midterm elections. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Do Not Pity the Democrats

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 13, 2010 Do not fear Glenn Beck or Sarah Palin. Fear the underlying corporate power structure, which no one, from Barack Obama to the right-wing nut cases who pollute the airwaves, can alter.Fear the underlying corporate power structure, which no one, from Barack Obama to the right-wing nut cases who pollute the airwaves, can alter. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )