Last Day to Vote for Truthdig!

Staff / Truthdig Apr 27, 2007 Voting closes at midnight tonight for the Webby People's Voice awards. Truthdig has been nominated for three, in the categories of News, Politics, and Blog - Political. Click here to support Truthdig. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Is the White House Whitewashing History?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 12, 2007 Margie Burns, reporting for the Brad Blog, says the White House may be up to some old, unsavory tactics, deleting unfavorable material from its website in potential violation of the Presidential Records Act of 1978. At issue are briefing references to Jeff Gannon, the faux journalist whose non-questions helped deflect criticism during press briefings. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Alive in Baghdad: Iraq Through the Eyes of Iraqis

Staff / Truthdig Dec 8, 2006 Founded by Brian Conley, a 26-year-old American journalist, and coordinated in Iraq by 21-year-old Iraqi Omar Abdullah, the website Alive in Baghdad features short films by Iraqis documenting daily life in their war-ravaged country. You must see this site. (BBC story, AiB site) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

CIA Uses Humor to Recruit

Staff / Truthdig Nov 28, 2006 The Central Intelligence Agency is using a tongue-in-cheek personality test to attract applicants. "You don't have to know karate or look good in a tuxedo to work at the CIA," the personality quiz says. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Free the Internet: The Movie

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2006 If you're disturbed by the thought of Internet service providers deciding which websites you can have access to, watch this short, entertaining and disturbing movie that crystalizes the battle now being waged over this issue in Washington and the blogosphere. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Defense Dept. Removes Critical Report from Website

Staff / Truthdig Mar 22, 2006 The report, by the DoD's inspector general, found security flaws in the "Star Wars" missile defense system After a magazine did a story on the report, the DoD scrubbed the document from its website, and won't say why it did so Luckily for us curious types, the magazine saved a digital copy (h/t: ThinkProgress). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Washington Post’s Conservative Blog Hire Draws Fire

Staff / Truthdig Mar 22, 2006 The Washington Post recently hired conservative blogger Ben Domenech (of Redstate.com) to write a regular blog for the newspaper's website. The appointment drew immediate criticism, notably from conservative-turned-progressive writer David Brock, who questioned Domenech's journalism bona fides. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

If Ginsburg Fell Asleep, So Did Media

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2006 Did Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg fall asleep while hearing a key redistricting case -- as Fox charges? If so, most traditional media outlets didn't report it. A conservative website poses an interesting question here: if Justice Thomas or Scalia fell asleep, would most news outlets ignore that, as well? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wal-Mart CEO Talks Tough in Internal Memos

Staff / Truthdig Feb 17, 2006 Wal-Mart's CEO suggests that a store manager is disloyal, and should consider quitting, after the manager laments the lack of health benefits at the mega-chain. This happened on a confidential, internal website that the N.Y. Times sussed out. Earlier: Sales are brisk and accusations fly as Robert Greenwald's Wal-Mart documentary racks up 110,000 DVD sales. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

White House Photo Agency Deletes Bush-Abramoff Pictures

Staff / Truthdig Jan 28, 2006 Blogger Josh Marshall discovers that official Republican photographers deleted pictures from their website of the president and the disgraced lobbyist. | post The Daily DeLay reports that the president of that photographic company is a Bush contributor. | post Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Welcome to Truthdig

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 29, 2005 Check out the quote at the top of the page from legendary media critic A.J. Liebling and you'll know why we've launched this website. Publisher Zuade Kaufman states our goals in the About Us section. As for me, it just feels good to be an owner of this little corner of the media world, playing host to fine journalists like the ones you'll find on this page. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )