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To: Tauzero
There was a huge furor earlier in this year about Reuters refusing to call people terrorists, I believe.
6 posted on 12/05/2003 9:56:47 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: Constitution Day
There was a huge furor earlier in this year about Reuters refusing to call people terrorists, I believe.

There still is.

I'm sure Reuters would like to refer to the Baathist terrorists and foreign insurgents as "freedom fighters", but that would probably conflict them too much and they'd have a meltdown.

9 posted on 12/05/2003 10:03:01 AM PST by VeniVidiVici (There is nothing Democratic about the Democrat party.)
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To: Constitution Day
Taranto's Wall street Opinion Journal column regularly rips reuters regarding their use of scare quotes and their "famous" comment:

"one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter"

If you have not seen it, you should check it out.

12 posted on 12/05/2003 10:08:02 AM PST by Michael.SF. (THECLINTONSARESCUMTHECLINTOSARESCUMTHECLINTONSARESCUM)
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To: Constitution Day
Actually, after about 1 week after 9/11/2001, the super rich Opecker Prince, who controls Reuters, banned the use of words like terrorists and terrorism in any news item where Islamo terrorists committed an act of terrorism around the world.

This is an interesting change for Reuters. Maybe the Super Rich Opecker Saudi Prince who controls Reuters has had a change of heart since the two Terrorist attacks in Saudi land.
84 posted on 12/06/2003 6:52:40 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Sore@US, the Evil Daddy War bucks, has owned the Demonic Rats for decades!)
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