Scott Horton, Edward Turzanski re torture

Radio Times, WHYY, September 2, 2009: "We look at the decision to investigate CIA interrogation techniques with Edward Turzanski, Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute and Scott Horton, contributing editor of Harper’s Magazine."

"The Wrong Debate?"

On the Media, NPR, August 28, 2009: "The C.I.A. inspector general's report released this week exposed gruesome interrogation techniques used on detainees. But as the press combs through the report, is the discussion whether these practices are illegal or whether they're effective? Bob asks LA Times reporter Greg Miller whether the debate over efficacy is beside the point."

"America's moral responsibility in condemning torture"

"On his weekly Center Square audio essay WHYY's Chris Satullo looks at America's moral responsibilities when it comes to condemning prisoner abuse." WHYY, August 30, 2009.

NPR and "torture"

"NPR's ombudsman: Why we bar the word 'torture'" - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com, June 22, 2009.

Anyone who believes that NPR is a "liberal" media outlet -- and anyone who wants to understand the decay of American journalism -- should read this column by NPR's Ombudsman, Alicia C. Shepard, as she explains and justifies why NPR bars the use of the word "torture" to describe what the Bush administration did. . . .