Friday, September 25, 2009

NPR is still okay with the T word, if it's Iran

NPR has a policy of usually not using the word "torture" to refer to things the U.S. does. But when it comes to others, they're still doing it. Greenwald notes that Inskeep used "torture" just this week in discussing Iran.

I also found that NPR used "torture" earlier this month when Russia did it. They're the bad guys, remember.

NPR ombudswoman Alicia Shepard is on record pretty firmly against using the word torture, arguing that instead specific techniques should be described. Will she criticize these uses?

1 Comments:

At 4:31 PM, Blogger birksandboots said...

Busted by bsom.

 

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