On Torture, Chuck Johnson & Sondheim

And Now, ‘Factiness’

Torture, the UVa rape, police violence—we hunger for the facts, and then twist them. But facts and moral truth aren’t the same thing.

Published Dec. 13 2014 6:45AM EST

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From the Senate’s report on CIA torture to Rolling Stone’s tortured retraction of its blockbuster UVa rape story to what really happened to Eric Garner, December has been a bad month, especially for facts.

James Poulos

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On Torture, Chuck Johnson & Sondheim

Torture, the UVa rape, police violence—we hunger for the facts, and then twist them. But facts and moral truth aren’t the same thing.

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James Poulos