Torture in the media

In class we talked about the use of the word "torture" in media stories about Abu Ghraib. It seems as though the feelings of the people that conducted this study were trying to get people to think that the news coverage should have used the term "torture" more often than they did. Now, I definitely believe that the treatment of some of the prisoners there was DEFINITELY torture, but by no means do I think that it's the media's job to tell us whether it was torture or not. If the media started reporting this as torture out of nowhere, I think it would sound very biased if no one was convicted of torturing prisoners by that point in time. I think the media should report what exactly occurred and then leave it up to the readers to decide whether or not it was "torture." Until anyone is convicted of torture, the media has no actual power in saying that torture occurred.