video Jesse Ventura's TruTV show Conspiracy Theory got contemporary last night when it covered two of today's most-debated topics: global warming and Climategate. Last week, the show announced that it wouldn't shy from controversy by taking on 9/11 conspiracy theories. (And really, what kind of self-respecting show about conspiracy theories would shy from controversy?) But Ventura had already been on the record as a 9/11 skeptic before the show. With his unique take on global warming, Ventura takes it up a notch. (more...)

In the midst of promoting his TruTV show "Conspiracy Theory," Jesse Ventura casually dropped what sounded like a conspiratorial claim of his own. Speaking to the LA Times, "The Body" told an interviewer that when MSNBC found out that he opposed the war in Iraq, the network "silenced" him by canceling his cable show and refusing to let him host any other news programs. (more...)