Kevin Gowen wrote:

> Declan Murphy wrote:
> 
>> Kevin Gowen wrote:

>>> Or call Islamofascists who shoot children in the back "insurgents" or 
>>> militants. Actually, the "news" services such as Reuters already do 
>>> that.
>>
>> Why would someone call insurgents, the resistance, militants, freedom 
>> fighters or patriots something like "Islamofascists", and then claim 
>> that newswires were not being objective through their use of language?
> 
> Because they are not. What does my terminology have to do with it? Nothing.

The newswires are not being objective in their use of language?

> Reuters and other "news" services refuse to even use the word 
> "terrorist". 

Good - IMO a step in the right direction. There is an enormous 
difference between news and infotainment. The distinctions are becoming 
increasingly blurred, and not for the better.

> http://tinyurl.com/3lhro

A very sensible policy.

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