www.editedforbias.com » memos http://www.editedforbias.com Leveraging the power of community to combat the power of the media Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:40:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 "Torture" edited for bias style http://www.editedforbias.com/2009/04/torture-edited-for-bias-style.html http://www.editedforbias.com/2009/04/torture-edited-for-bias-style.html#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:21:00 +0000 Ed F Bias http://editedforbias.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/torture-edited-for-bias-style/ Here are the headlines…

Washington Post: Interrogation Details EmergeCNN: Bush-era interrogation memo: No torture without ‘severe pain’ intentNew York Times: Interrogation Memos Detail Harsh Tactics by the C.I.A.LA Times: Memos reveal CIA interrogation methodsWall Street Journal: CIA Memos Released; Immunity for Harsh Tactics[note headline on home page differs No Prosecution for Waterboarding ]Fox News: Administration: [...]]]> Here are the headlines…

Washington Post: Interrogation Details Emerge
CNN: Bush-era interrogation memo: No torture without ‘severe pain’ intent
New York Times: Interrogation Memos Detail Harsh Tactics by the C.I.A.
LA Times: Memos reveal CIA interrogation methods
Wall Street Journal: CIA Memos Released; Immunity for Harsh Tactics
[note headline on home page differs No Prosecution for Waterboarding ]
Fox News: Administration: No Charges Against Waterboarders

Scoring on the bias scale; I would commend the Washington Post and LA Times headliners. New York Times [shock] is the most liberally biased headline. CNN is not bad but adds a bit of detail to the headline. WSJ is interesting… the front page is taking a completely different angle then the headline of the article itself… [different folks with different philosophies?]. Fox loses on the the conservative end of the scale for missing the whole release of the documents and jumping to the end story.

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