Study of Waterboarding Coverage Prompts a Debate in the Press

July 2nd, 2010 admin

A study released this week of the four biggest newspapers in the United States found that in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, there was “a dramatic shift in coverage away from nearly a century of practice recognizing waterboarding as torture.”


Originally posted on TV Decoder

 
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