Assertion: torture | /r/HasProperty | quoted in many quarters
Facets:
value: respectfully
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: It is a testament as much to the peculiarities of the American press-to its "stenographic function" and its institutional unwillingness to report as fact anything disputed, however implausibly, by a high official-that the former vice-president's insistence that these interrogations were undertaken "legally" and "in accordance with our constitutional practices and principles" continues to be reported without contradiction, and that President Bush's oft-repeated assertion that "the United States does not torture" is still respectfully quoted and, in many quarters, taken seriously.