The liberal media

From A Tiny Revolution comes the not so shocking news that Scott Horton, author of a recent Harpers piece on holding the Bush Administration accountable for its crimes of torture, was warned by PBS producers before an appearance on the NewsHour that

"...I could use the word 'torture' in the abstract, but that I was to refrain from applying it to the administration's policies."

Same for CNN.  Horton did refer to the "administration's torture policy" but was told by producers after the interview

"That's okay for CNN International, but we can't use it on the domestic feed."

That prompted this observation from blog author Jonathan Schwarz:

"As always, the question remains: why is the major US media so incredibly left-wing?"

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Speaking of holding the outgoing administration accountable, what chance is there of Obama looking into the Bush excesses?    Given the kid glove treatment of Joe Lieberman, you'd expect that an inquiry into the crimes of George W. Bush is a long shot.

But then again, Scott Horton had this to say about Obama's Attorney General pick, Eric Holder, in an interview with Glenn Greenwald:

"... [what] I really like about Eric Holder is that notwithstanding this low profile orientation, he has principles and he adheres to them, and he was quite offended by things that the Bush administration did, including its torture doctrine adopted in the war on terror. And he spoke very forcefully against those things... ."

So there is hope accountability will prevail, and that Bush will be held up as an example to the American people of what Presidents shouldn't be allowed to do.  And that even a President is subservient to the laws that govern us all.

Comments

[Harry Kershner]

Bush's war crimes, as Nader has noted, will pass on to Obama unless he removes all personnel from the area, therebye ending the train of criminality.

Therefore, Obama will not pursue Bush or Cheney for their crimes, as Cass Sunstein has made plain.

Of course, the increases in military spending favored by Obama will eventually bankrupt us even if the continuing bailouts that he favors will not, and the aftermath may well be international war crimes tribunals that try a by-then de-fanged U.S. and its immoral chief executives.