The Washington Post's Cheney-ite defense of torture - - - reviewed by Patricia L'Herrou

The Washington Post's Cheney-ite defense of torture - -

Salon by Glenn Greenwald | Aug. 29, 2009 (Opinion)

(Blog Post) If anyone ever tells you that they don't understand what is meant be "stenography journalism" -- or ever insists that America is plagued by a Liberal Media -- you can show them this article from today's Washington Post and, by itself, it should clear Full Story »

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by Patricia L'Herrou - Aug. 30, 2009

journalism is the issue here with detainee torture the subtext. this article is clear that the post article in question is not good journalism as its authors lay out v.p. cheney's views on the effectiveness of torture, using only unnamed sources, whose conflict of interest ties to the cia and cheney are clear, to confirm his statements.

On this subject of how effective torture is, a definitive conclusion is not yet reached. the larger issue of how valid is its use by our government has been determined many times over the years: that it is not.legal, moral, or ethical.