Refusing to Take Sides, NPR Takes Sides With Torture Deniers
12/12/2014
National Public Radio, following the lead of the Washington Post (FAIR Blog, 12/9/14) (and in contrast to the New York Times–FAIR Blog, 8/8/14), tries to avoid applying the word "torture" in its own voice to the tortures described in the recent Senate Intelligence Committee report. Here's host Robert Siegel (All Things Considered, 12/9/14):
In the years after 9/11, the CIA conducted harsh interrogations, more brutal and widespread than many realized. And worse, those interrogations did not produce any intelligence that we could use in any significant way to fight terrorism. Those are the conclusions of a report partially released today by the Democratic chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Reactions to what's known as the torture report show a country divided.
NPR correspondent Tamara Keith went on to refer to Sen. Dianne Feinstein discussing "a CIA program that used techniques she says amounted to torture." In her own words, Keith reports that "the CIA program of secret overseas detentions and so-called enhanced interrogation methods began shortly after the September 11 attacks."
Soon enough, "so-called" becomes just what they're called. Says Keith: "The key finding: These enhanced interrogation methods didn't make America safer." When a critic of the report, CIA director John Brennan, is introduced, NPR describes the torture whose benefits he touts as "these interrogations."
http://fair.org/blog/2014/12/12/refusing-to-take-sides-npr-takes-sides-with-torture-deniers/
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the day they interviewed Alan Keyes.
It is quite sad, especially remembering the days when they had responsible journalism instead of their current pseudo-"centrist" RW propaganda. (And pseudo-"centrist" RW propaganda from NPR is perhaps more dangerous than that from sources which are openly recognized as RW demagogues.)
