I can’t say that I’m surprised that I saw the phrase “harsh interrogation techniques” show up on Fox News. I also shouldn’t be surprised that I heard Wolf Blitzer say it too, but I am. I am utterly shocked and disgusted that our media can’t figure out what’s going on.

First, it was coercive interrogation. Then, they figured out that that was a little too close to just being a definition of torture. Next, they changed it to enhanced interrogation. That smacked of Orwellianism, and correlated a little to closely to the old German euphemism. Now, they have switched to harsh interrogation. You’d think that someone would notice the trend. You’d think that someone would figure out that something’s a little bit fishy when they keep changing the name.

But no. Our news media is too cowardly to call it what it is: torture.