Old Weird Ward
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Wednesday, September 08, 2004
- - - - - The Press on How to Refer to Terrorists - - - - -
Daniel Pipes compiled a list of euphemisms used by the press to describe the actions taken by ...persons in Beslan.
My personal favorite: "Fighters". Right. "Fighters" of women and children.
Pipes' favorite: "Activists".
Use the link above to follow the links to the various news organizations that put out this twaddle. Below is the complete list:
* Assailants - National Public Radio.
* Attackers – the Economist.
* Bombers – the Guardian.
* Captors – the Associated Press.
* Commandos – Agence France-Presse refers to the terrorists both as "membres du commando" and "commando."
* Criminals - the Times (London).
* Extremists – United Press International.
* Fighters – the Washington Post.
* Group – the Australian.
* Guerrillas: in a New York Post editorial.
* Gunmen – Reuters.
* Hostage-takers - the Los Angeles Times.
* Insurgents – in a New York Times headline.
* Kidnappers – the Observer (London).
* Militants – the Chicago Tribune.
* Perpetrators – the New York Times.
* Radicals – the BBC.
* Rebels – in a Sydney Morning Herald headline.
* Separatists – the Christian Science Monitor.
* Activists – the Pakistan Times.
OWW's own description: "Child murdering slimeball scumbags".
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