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The NYT calls Iranian interrogation tactics "torture"

Techniques which the paper refuses to call "torture" when used by the U.S. magically transform when used by others.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Saturday, July 4, 2009 04:12 AM

    And these Rubes wonder why their subscription rates are plummeting?

    I stopped reading The New York Rag waaaay back when they were the cheerleaders-in-chief for the Iraq Misadventure.

    Actually, none of this comes as much of a surprise given that The New York Rag has an infamous history - going right back to its founding - of being a cheerleader of American imperialism and hagiographer of American war criminals.

    It gives new meaning to the phrase "house organ".

    —Lavocat Read Lavocat's other letters

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