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May 22, 2009
May 22, 2009 MSNBC Keith Olbermann
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Mancow Waterboarded, Admits It’s Torture
“It is way worse than I thought it would be”
By RYAN POLLYEA | NBC Chicago
Updated 12:11 PM CDT, Fri, May 22, 2009
And so it went Friday morning when WLS radio host Erich “Mancow” Muller decided to subject himself to the controversial practice of waterboarding live on his show.
Mancow decided to tackle the divisive issue head on — actually it was head down, while restrained and reclining.
“I want to find out if it’s torture,” Mancow told his listeners Friday morning, adding that he hoped his on-air test would help prove that waterboarding did not, in fact, constitute torture.
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via Mancow Waterboarded, Admits It’s Torture | NBC Chicago.
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