In Wayne Ezell's Reader Advocate column today, the question of the lack of torture stories was brought up.  In this case, the particular question, from a number of readers was, in light of the disclosure via ABC news that Bush, Cheney & other administration top advisors not only lied @ the fact that we do, in fact, torture people, but it was "choreographed," from the Oval Office, why did it receive such little press coverage?

In all fairness, I must say that Mr. Ezell ackowleged this fact & since I tend to monitor a number of news pubs, I must say that same could be said for most of them, including Fox & CNN, as reported in Mr. Ezell's column.  So the question remains, why?

Mr. Ezell stated that some reasons may be that the front page is usually reserved for local stories & that is reasonable.  But in the TU, as Mr. Ezell stated, only one paragraph was devoted to this story.

Mr. Ezell is also correct in saying that, "The lack of coverage in this case is symptomatic of a too-frequent shortcoming in identifying national and world news for effective presentation."  He stated that a new national/foreign editor should "portend marked improvement."

I think there may be other reasons.  One has to do with the press & one with the population.  Last year, Bill Moyers presented a well researched documentary on the unprofessional behavior of the press post 9-11 & how it failed the American public.  Their lack of coverage now, however, may due to the possibility that this country has become so accustomed to stories like this, complete with well documented evidence, that is is almost a non event when the person in question, in this case, the President, actually admits that the reports are correct.

Anyone reading these blogs for any length of time, know sthat I don't shy from pointing out the wrongdoings of this administration.  In all honesty, I also have to admit that at times, I have not & I'm not sure why.  Could it be that people are just tired of hearing all the wrong things that are being done?  I hope not, but I could understand it.

Could it be that I, along with many other people are just plain tired of hearing all of these things, knowing they are wrong, illegal or both, but are too  frustrated because it has gone on so long with nothing being done @ it?  I think that is very possible.

If any of you read the column, I'd like to hear your thoughts.

RichK