On NPR earlier this morning, a Morning Edition interviewer spoke of “enhanced interrogation techniques, which many call torture.” Really, NPR? Must you continue to use a state-sponsored euphemism (sans quotation marks) in your reporting?
More appropriate: “so-called enhanced interrogation techniques, which many call torture.”
More appropriate: “what the CIA calls ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ and what many call torture.”
The practice of “enhanced interrogation” has an interesting history.
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