Mosque-Issippi Burning

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Aug 18, 2010 Salman Hamdani died on Sept. 11, 2001. The 23-year-old police cadet raced to Ground Zero to save others. His selfless act cost him his life. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Whatever Happened to Shame?

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Dec 17, 2009 What does it say when the New York Post hires Eliot Spitzer's prostitute as a columnist and the bailout babies of Wall Street can't be bothered to show up to the White House? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Big U.S. Papers Take a Big Hit

Staff / Truthdig Apr 28, 2009 We've all been hearing this refrain for some time, but this is getting even more serious, people: According to Business Week, circulation numbers for 11 of the 25 biggest newspapers in America have taken a nosedive -- the worst drop yet since the mediapocalypse in the print world commenced. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Murdoch Apologizes for Chimp Cartoon

Staff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2009 Well, it's officially impossible to go any further up the News Corp. chain of command than this: Mega-media mogul Rupert Murdoch has now apologized for last week's Chimpgate cartoon caper carried out by one of his media properties, the New York Post. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Spike Lee Throws Down in N.Y. Post Cartoon Controversy

Staff / Truthdig Feb 21, 2009 If the higher-ups at the New York Post thought that running a simple apology for printing the now-notorious chimpanzee cartoon this week would constitute enough damage control to do the trick, here comes filmmaker Spike Lee -- along with the Post's arch-rival publication, the New York Daily News -- to disabuse them of this notion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Protesters Call for Boycott of N.Y. Post

Staff / Truthdig Feb 20, 2009 The New York Post may yet discover that not all publicity is good publicity, particularly when it comes to the Rupert Murdoch-owned paper's decision to run a cartoon on Wednesday linking Washington politicians (perhaps one in particular) to a marauding chimpanzee. The cartoon sparked an uproar that on Thursday found hundreds of protesters demanding a boycott of the Post by readers and advertisers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

N.Y. Post Cartoon Goes Way, Way Over the Line

Staff / Truthdig Feb 19, 2009 The New York Post is no stranger to controversy, but the rag's latest goes beyond its typically low standards: A cartoon shows two cops, one of whom points his smoking gun at a bullet-riddled, bloody chimp. His partner says: "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Moore May Face Lawsuit Over Iraq Photo

Staff / Truthdig Jan 16, 2009 A photograph of an American soldier cradling a mortally wounded Iraqi girl in his arms has become the source of potential trouble for Michael Moore. Apparently without photographer Michael Yon's permission to use the picture, the filmmaker featured the image on his Web site in a way that Yon found objectionable. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

For the Post, Cat Is Big, Corruption Ain’t

Staff / Truthdig Aug 1, 2008 While most other newspapers around the country treated the indictment of Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, as a major cover story, the New York Post ran the story as a small item on Page 17. As Stephen Colbert put it, "Thank God for Rupert Murdoch and the objective journalists at the New York Post," which featured a 44-pound cat from New Jersey on Wednesday's cover. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Clash of the TV Titans

Staff / Truthdig Jun 28, 2008 When two big TV pundits with larger-than-life egos play out their personal grudge match on their shows, and their respective parent networks join in the fray, guess who loses? In the case of Keith Olbermann v. Bill O'Reilly, just about everybody loses, according to this piece from Variety. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Conservatives Fear McCain Will Veer Left

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2008 Rush Limbaugh's said it, and now Charles Hurt from Rupert Murdoch's Big Apple tabloid, the New York Post, is joining in the chorus of conservatives who worry that Sen. John McCain would betray the GOP's core right-wing base if he inches any closer to the White House. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Hard Edge of the “Page Six” Gossip Machine

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2006 The NY Times (which is reportedly closing its own gossip page) quizzes a veritable who's-who of New York's 'buzz industry' leaders on the power of the N Post's gossip page (which came under fire for the alleged extortion activities of one of its star writers). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )