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Ex-Press Secretary Throws Bush Under the Bus

Staff / Truthdig May 28, 2008 Scott McClellan was one of George W. Bush's most loyal aides, so it is surprising to learn that he savages the president and his administration in his new memoir. Among other bombshells, McClellan refers to the administration's "propaganda campaign" to sell the war and accuses Karl Rove and Scooter Libby of meeting in secret during the Plamegate scandal in order to get their stories straight. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

General Happy Swellspin

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Olympic Official Warns of Athlete Ban for Pro-Tibet ‘Propaganda’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 11, 2008 Athletes participating in this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing could be expelled if they fly the Tibetan flag or express political opinions that constitute "propaganda" in official ceremonies and spaces, according to International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, but questions abound as to the precise definition of that term. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iranian Report: Pentagon Video Was ‘Fabricated’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2008 Last Sunday's alleged confrontation between five Iranian boats and a U.S. Navy vessel, the Hopper, in the Strait of Hormuz was not the dangerous confrontation American officials claimed it was, as evidenced by the somewhat confusing footage the Pentagon released Tuesday. In fact, according to a source in Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the video itself was "fabricated." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fox Presses Its Attack on Obama

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2008 When Barack Obama first started running for the White House, Fox News tried to paint him with the terrorism brush. Rather than play games with the network, the Obama campaign simply blackballed Fox. Robert Greenwald's "Fox Attacks" brings us up to date after Bill O'Reilly's manhandling of an Obama staffer last weekend. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

FEMA Apologizes for Make-Believe Press Conference

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2007 FEMA has admitted that it was probably a mistake to hold a press conference without members of the press. On Tuesday the agency, perhaps trying to get a jump on the kind of negative publicity it received after Hurricane Katrina, stuffed a press briefing with its own employees, who lobbed softballs such as "Are you happy with FEMA's response so far?" Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )