Well, the whole shilling-for-the-Pentagon-in-the-run-up-to-the-Gulf-War stink is still floating around. Also, the editorial policy of allowing the word "torture

Well, the whole shilling-for-the-Pentagon-in-the-run-up-to-the-Gulf-War stink is still floating around. Also, the editorial policy of allowing the word "torture" to describe waterboarding except in instances when the US is doing the tortur...ahem, waterboarding is more than odious. Pointing out the inferiority of less consequential papers doesn't absolve them. The point is that these guys consider themselves THE paper of record. You can't pride your self on a higher standard, then get defensive and angry when people actually hold you to it.