Robert Siegel

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December 14, 2014

Update: NPR Doesn’t Ban ‘Torture’—but Offers Euphemisms to Use in Its Place

This is an update to “Refusing to Take Sides, NPR Takes Sides With Torture Deniers” (FAIR Blog, 12/12/14). As Romenesko (12/12/14) points out, NPR‘s ethics department has been issuing guidance on the use of the word “torture.” The first memo, issued August 8, cites a message from then-NPR vice president for news Ellen Weiss, written […]

December 12, 2014

Jim Naureckas

Refusing to Take Sides, NPR Takes Sides With Torture Deniers

National Public Radio, following the lead of the Washington Post, tries to avoid applying the word “torture” in its own voice when covering US torture.

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