Hungarian artist Janos Sugar interrogates televisual truth construction in a series of stills that work with the Mute button as a central object of investigation.  The above still of President Obama is from a series that has involved the figures of Silvio Berlusconi, George W. Bush, Nicolas Sarkozy, and others. Deadpad parodic, the work finds common ground in numerous other projects, including Martha Rosler's "DISINFORMATION" stills (middle), discussed in Thom Donovan's essay in the current issue of Museo. Also related is Daniel Bozhkov's treatment of the news media's scattering of truth into an entertainment spectacle, of which Take Suspenders Off (below) is part.