Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
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From: Robert Scheer
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Subject: New Web Magazine Launches
NEW WEB MAGAZINE LAUNCHES
truthdig.com focuses on in-depth coverage of current affairs
Los Angeles... This morning at the stroke of midnight,
truthdig.com, a new Web magazine, launched its inaugural issue promising to
provide its readers with provocative content and in-depth coverage of current
affairs.
Co-Founder and Editor Robert Scheer, the award winning journalist,
commented on the launch: "In this hyper-linked, blog-filled,
talk-show-dominated world, it is increasingly difficult to find stories with
depth, told by those who know their topic best." "We know that there will
always be people who are digging for the truth and if we respect a story and
present it in a clear way, it will find an audience."
Truthdig.com is the brainchild of Scheer and co-founder Zuade
Kaufman, a former journalist who has long wanted to create a new publication.
"A media outlet that is free to dig deep - to ask the questions that remain
unasked - to raise the issues that remain hidden - to bring attention to the
stories that remain invisible - that's what we are trying to create."
The site's purpose is to provide a variety of thoughtful,
provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. The site is
built around major "digs," led by authorities in their fields, who will "drill"
down into contemporary topics and assemble packages of content & text, links,
audio, video - that will grow richer with time and user participation.
The inaugural issue's featured Dig is China: Boom or Boomerang? by
Asia expert Orville Schell. Schell comments, "Perhaps no country has so many
positive and negative trends as the home of a fifth of the world's people."
Amidst the backdrop of a major toxic chemical spill in one of its largest
cities, China finds itself facing questions about its stature as a superpower.
Schell digs into China and finds the current wisdom - of China as inevitable
superpower and unstoppable economic force - is not the whole truth.
To offer frequent change to its readers, truthdig.com also presents
a diversity of original reporting and aggregated content culled by the site's
editors and staff. This material is divided into categories. The inaugural
issue offers the following compelling selections:
a.. Uncovered - Dossiers of ongoing news subjects - including GOP
supporter Jack Abramoff, the Alito Nomination and the Frist File.
b.. Ear to the Ground - Robert Scheer's weekly column and his
take on other issues in the news.
c.. Reports - Original articles and opinion pieces unique to
truthdig.com. This week's features include Iraq expert Juan Cole's article
Hussein's Facing Charges, But Will Rumsfield Be on Trial? a behind the story
look at Saddam Hussein's trial and Chicago Agonistes: The Plight of the Los
Angeles Times, by former Times Editor Steve Wasserman.
d.. A/V Booth - Audio interviews, video clips, photo essays and
more. Features include Inside Chavez's Venezuela by Sharmini Peries, journalist
turned foreign policy advisor to Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and It's War,
Not Hollywood by former Florida Guardsman and author John Crawford.
Editor Bob Scheer, when asked what motivated the creation of the
site, refers to legendary media critic A.J. Liebling's quote, "Freedom of the
press is guaranteed only to those who own one."
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