What Future for the Ink-Stained Wretch?

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Dec 17, 2008 I’m concerned about the uncertain future for journalists. Without them, who will "watchdog" politicians and bureaucrats, charity officials, cops, educators and the many others who help make our society run? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Benjamin Netanyahu We Can Believe In

Staff / Truthdig Nov 15, 2008 It doesn't take a media analyst (or knowledge of Hebrew) to detect the obvious similarities between the Web site for Benjamin Netanyahu, the conservative candidate for prime minister in Israel, and that of America's presidential sweepstakes winner Barack Obama. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Welcome Back, PNAC

Staff / Truthdig Nov 12, 2008 After a brief hiatus, which happened to coincide with the last phase of the presidential campaign season, the Project for a New American Century's Web site is back up and running, thanks to Bill Kristol and his chums at the neocon think tank. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Team McCain Nervous about ‘Drudge Primary’?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 3, 2008 The most powerful aggregator of Web site links ever, self-styled Internet phenom Matt Drudge, has become an election-year institution in his own right -- or at least he looks that way to John McCain's wary aides, who studied coverage of Hillary Clinton's campaign on "The Drudge Report" and now wonder if they can count on Drudge's supposedly conservative political orientation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bienvenido, Soy John McCain

Staff / Truthdig May 6, 2008 Whether it's just window dressing or the opening salvo of a serious effort to court the Latino vote, John McCain has launched a Spanish-language Web site. While McCain was once a champion of immigration reform, he did a substantial bit of pandering during the Republicans-only leg of the campaign. In fact, he even said at one point that he wouldn't vote for his own immigration bill. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Italians Outraged, Yet Curious

Staff / Truthdig May 1, 2008 Imagine going to the Internet and being able to see how much everyone in the United States, including you, earned and paid in taxes. The outgoing Italian government just made everyone's private business public. Needless to say, Italians were outraged as they rushed to the Web to see the income of their neighbors and the rich and famous. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Web Site Hacked

Staff / Truthdig Apr 24, 2008 Security experts have managed to unravel the relatively simple exploit that allowed hackers to prank Barack Obama's Web site just days before the Pennsylvania primary. Visitors to the site's community blogs page found themselves redirected to HillaryClinton.com. Neither campaign wanted to talk about it with the Associated Press. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Miseducation of ‘Miss Bimbo’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 25, 2008 Things were already mighty grim for girls in terms of media-generated role models, but the online game "Miss Bimbo" represents a new low. Based on a script concocted by "lads," Miss Bimbo challenges girl gamers to master the art of bodily manipulation via dieting and plastic surgery to -- what else? -- hook a man. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Judge Silences Whistle-Blower Site

Staff / Truthdig Feb 19, 2008 A California court has ordered Wikileaks.org, a Web site that allows users to anonymously post documents and allege corruption, to be shut down. A Swiss bank brought the case after someone using the site alleged the firm had facilitated money laundering. Wikileaks says it was "given only hours notice" of the hearing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The 935 Lies They Told Us About Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Jan 24, 2008 The Center for Public Integrity has launched a new Web site that documents some of the 935 "false statements" that George W. Bush and his seven hawks made while pushing war with Iraq. The site endeavors to show that this wasn't a case of just getting it wrong, but "a carefully orchestrated campaign of misinformation." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Clinton Targets Obama on the Web

Staff / Truthdig Dec 21, 2007 The Hillary Clinton campaign has secured two domain names for Web sites that will be devoted to attacking Barack Obama. A Clinton representative says negative sites are nothing new, but the Obama campaign says Clinton's latest Internet efforts are "politically motivated attacks in the eleventh hour of a closely contested campaign." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Worst Candidate Websites

Staff / Truthdig Aug 11, 2007 Cracked.com has a review of the candidates' websites, including "awkward attempts at hipness" and "weirdest moments." John McCain's virtual outpost, for example, won this critique: "The main image from the pre-site landing page essentially says, 'Welcome to the online obituary for the late Senator John McCain.' " Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )