Why is it so difficult for the news media to comprehend this?

David Waldman on CNN's Blogger Bunch, showing how it's done:

Note how the Limbaugh-lookalike in the bowtie attempts to filibuster Waldman, using lots of buzzwords like "American soldiers" (who are completely irrelevant to this discussion). Note also the disgusting spectacle of Erica Williams from the Center for American Progress spouting the party line about "looking forward". It may very well be that Americans don't care. But the soul of this country is at stake here, and Waldman is spot-on: that this discussion of torture is not about whether torture is acceptable to protect the country, it's about whether torture is acceptable when used solely for political purposes, which is clearly the case here. Perhaps if the pollsters whose work shows that Americans don't care asked the question "Do you favor the use of torture against detainees to glean false information for political purposes?", we might see different responses.

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