Media Matters - Diana West http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/diana_west This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Diana West en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America CNN contributor West misled on Raines' and Johnson's purported roles in Obama campaign http://mediamatters.org/items/200809220011 On CNN, Diana West claimed that former Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines was among Sen. Barack Obama's "most trusted campaign advisers ... deeply implicated in the mess at Fannie and Freddie [Mac]." However, both Raines and the Obama campaign have denied that Raines is an adviser. Further, West did not note that Sen. John McCain's own "most trusted campaign advisers" have served as lobbyists for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or both. http://mediamatters.org/items/200809220011 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:13:17 EST Columnist West falsely asserts Obama's terror policy is "simply a matter of cops and robbers" http://mediamatters.org/items/200806240006 On CNN, <em>Washington Times</em> columnist Diana West said that "Senator Obama's made it very clear that he believes terrorism is simply a matter of cops and robbers." Host Lou Dobbs did not challenge West's assertion echoing claims by the McCain campaign that Obama has said are "demonstrably false." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806240006 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:47:49 EST On CNN, West asserted waterboarding is "not torture," claimed, "[Y]ou wake up feeling fine the next day" http://mediamatters.org/items/200711020009 On CNN, <em>Washington Times</em> columnist Diana West said: "What I would like to see is people really start thinking about what is torture. If putting people into human-size shredders, as Saddam Hussein did, is torture, then waterboarding, which my senior military sources tell me you wake up feeling fine the next day -- it is not torture." However, in congressional testimony, Allen S. Keller, M.D., director of the Bellevue Hospital Center/New York University Program for Survivors of Torture, stated, "To think that abusive methods, including the enhanced interrogation techniques [in which Keller included waterboarding], are harmless psychological ploys is contradictory to well established medical knowledge and clinical experience." Keller stated of waterboarding specifically, "Long term effects include panic attacks, depression and PTSD," and said it poses a "real risk of death." http://mediamatters.org/items/200711020009 Fri, 2 Nov 2007 16:57:34 EST