Tag Archives: Richard Cohen

Does Torture Work, or Might Therapy Be More Effective?

A couple of recent FAIR Blog posts have dealt with apologists for torture: Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen and former CIA interrogator John Kiriakou, who misled ABC News about the effectiveness of waterboarding. What's striking is how they both offer … Continue reading

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Richard Cohen's Torture Fantasyland

In his column today, Washington Post's Richard Cohentells us that he is against torture, which itself is not remarkable. His real point is this: Yet the debate over torture has been infected with silly arguments about utility: whether it works … Continue reading

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Financial Reporters' 'Very Complex' Basic Incompetence

Dean Baker (Beat the Press, 3/17/09) weighs in on Richard Cohen's defense of Jim Cramer, accusing the Washington Post columnist of "continuing the stream of excuses for the financial media's failure to warn of the economic crisis." Baker sees "an … Continue reading

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Richard Cohen on Jon Stewart's 'Cheap Shot'

Many observers praised the Daily Show's Jon Stewart for his hard-hitting interview with CNBC's Jim Cramer. Columnist Richard Cohen (Washington Post, 3/17/09) begs to differ. Actually, Stewart was "wrong" to go after Cramer, Cohen wrote–it was a "cheap shot at … Continue reading

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Mr. Cohen, I Used to Live in the Past

Looking back on the good old days when we all supported torture, Richard Cohen writes today in the Washington Post (1/27/09): "The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there." So goes an aphorism that needs to be … Continue reading

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