How well has the press covered torture?

How well has the press covered torture?

The BJ Retirees web site is no place for politics. So why would we post a column by Molly Ivins, a Texas gal known as a Bush-basher? The column carries the headline:

Habeas Corpus, R.I.P. (1215 - 2006)

Charlie Buffum, our New Yorker operative, e-mails us with stuff which he finds interesting-- but he is not twisting our arm to get Molly into print. Our excuse for posting the colum is that the subject of her column has been grabbing a lot of attention in the Columbia Journalism Review.

In the latest edition of CJR, Eric Umansky tackles the thorny issue of how the press has covered the slow-brewing torture scandal that has riled the American military and intelligence services. While currently a Gordon Grey Fellow at the Columbia School of Journalism, Umansky has written for the New York Times Magazine, the New Republic, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. For updates on his work, you can also check out his blog, EricUmansky.com.

Click on the headline to read the CJR article.