2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumOMG!! NY TIMES calls for Prosecution of Cheney and Bush officials..
My opinion? This is huge for a myriad of reasons..but for now its a fine beginning...
.http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/new-york-times-calls-for-cheney-bush-officials-to-be-investigated-and-prosecuted-for-torture/
grasswire
(50,130 posts)oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)Way late! Interesting how these things seem to take for ever to happen. But, it is happening! Thank you NY Times.
Skittles
(153,164 posts)polichick
(37,152 posts)Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)The NYT takes a stand on the issue when there is zero chance to have any effect.
Joe Magarac
(297 posts)The current administration does not want to set a precedent.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Control-Z
(15,682 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)SophieKoko
(17 posts)It is nice to see a spectrum of Americans who are outraged by this--I just hope the news of this doesn't die out quickly and people go on their merry ways. The media, in particular, needs to keep the news of this alive. I mean it's already out there and the least we can do--as Americans--is to do something about it and try our best to make sure this never happens again. Especially since public opinion polls seem to show disinterest and a majority of Americans who find it justifiable (in similar national threat circumstances)--which was pretty heart-breaking to see.
bvf
(6,604 posts)the Old Gray Lady sure did her share of cheerleading of the events leading up to this clusterfuck. I hope latecomers to this discussion are aware of that.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)Than a center right rag...
Thats why I think this is a good start..
Everyone on the hill reads it every day.. I mean those who can read ..
They sure did, along with all the other corporate media. After all, they all go to the same cocktail parties and run with the same crowd.
Peace
True Blue Door
(2,969 posts)The NY Times front page spends the last decade talking "enhanced interrogation" and "necessary sacrifices for intelligence-gathering," and now they permit some editorialists to say that it's a crime. Break out the fucking champagne!