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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 11/28/2008
The AP's Cowardice
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From their piece on John Brennan's withdrawal from contending for the top CIA post under Obama: Obama's advisers had grown increasingly concerned in recent days over online blogs that accused Brennan of condoning harsh interrogation tactics on terror suspects, including waterboarding, which ...

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Comments from Left Field — ... The media calls this being “objective” and “balanced.” But there is such a thing as being objective to the point where you’re not telling the truth anymore. At that point, you start writing sentences like the one Andrew Sullivan quoted, from the AP [italic is Andrew's]: ...

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