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Posted Wednesday, January 14, 2009 8:52 PM

Former NEWSWEEK Staffer Attacks Our Cheney Cover

Kurt Soller

Charles Kaiser, who used to edit media coverage at NEWSWEEK, has posted a take-down of this week's cover over at the Columbia Journalism review. After reading it, I'd love your thoughts below on whether you thought the coverage was fair. In short, do you think we're supporting torture?

Here's an excerpt of Kaiser's piece:

Those of us outside this magic minority have been cataloging the huge questions facing Barack Obama. Will his economic stimulus plan be enough to jump start a devastated economy?  Will he keep his promise to make a prompt exit from Iraq?  Will he come to his senses and reverse his disastrous campaign pledge to add tens of thousands of new combat troops to the quagmire of Afghanistan?  How quickly will he close Guantánamo?  And finally–and to many of us, most importantly—will his oft-repeated promise to end American torture to restore us to the community of civilized nations become a resounding passage in his Inaugural Address?

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However, in Jon Meacham’s judgment, none of those questions matters as much as the one he has placed on the cover of the magazine sitting on thousands of news stands across America this morning. That question is: “What Would Dick Do?”

There you go. Have at it.

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