CNN Calling Russian Slaughter A Tregedy

CNN | 09/06/04 | cp124

[FreeAtlanta]

Odd thing was, the trees behind him were barely moving, his raincoat was not flapping around, and the camera guy was steady and holding the liar in center frame.

LOL, you are kidding, right?

[Brilliant]

Genocide would be a better description.

[anonymous_user]

A CNN reporter was talking to elementary schoolers about "tragedies" in the news, and asked them to give an example of a tragedy.

"When those two planes crashed in Russia, was that a tragedy?" asked one student. "No," said the reporter, "That was an accident."

"What about when those kids were taken hostage and murdered at that Russian school?"

"Again, no. Not a tragedy, but a great loss. Anyone else?"

A third student said, "A tragedy would be if CNN was no longer able to bring us the news."

"Yes, that's correct" replied the reporter. "How did you come to that conclusion?"

The youngster replied, "Well, it wouldn't be an accident, or a great loss."

[headsonpikes]

I heard a new evasive word this A.M. on state-owned leftist CBC Radio in Canada:

"Zealots"

"Zealots" murdered the Russian children.

Islamofascist terrorists? Never heard of 'em.

[sharktrager]

You missed a definition:

A disastrous event, especially one involving distressing loss or injury to life: an expedition that ended in tragedy, with all hands lost at sea.



Sounds to me like the word fits.

[Steely Tom]

No, that was an atrocity. Let me explain. If Islamofascits commit a slaughter of the innocents, it's a tragedy. If Americans put painties on the heads of terrorist prisoners, that's an atrocity. Got it?

I think so. It's one of those nuance-thingies John Kerry, the great intellectual pioneer and man-who-lives-on-a-higher-plane-than-us keeps talking about. Right?

(steely)

[WashingtonSource]

It's one of those nuance-thingies John Kerry, the great intellectual pioneer and man-who-lives-on-a-higher-plane-than-us keeps talking about. Right?

It's worse than Kerry's "nuances," which are not really nuances at all, but an attempt to straddle the fence. It's a hypocritical double standard that minimizes a true atrocity and blows an embarrassment into a world scandal. Those who perpetrate such deceptions are propagandists pure and simple -- not journalists. And while they may think they are working for "progressive" causes, they are, in fact, advancing the causes of Al Qaeda and other crazed Islamofascist killers as they are further destroying the credibility of the old media.

[gcruse]

Tragedy my ass, both were slaughters performed by Islamist bastards.

The difference in response to outrage and tragedy is whether you're flying the Stars and Stripes or draping yellow ribbons on trees.

[mewzilla]

They also euphemistically refer to the perpetrators of the attack as hostage-takers.

[mtbopfuyn]

Nope, afraid not. Honest. The CNN "reporter" was really out there playing it up for the very steady camera. My kiddos even saw through the it. Geraldo and the little reporterettes on other channels were standing steady, but not the CNN guy. Just goes to show.

[Oztrich Boy]

A far more accurate term would be "outrage".

Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction was an "outrage"

The word for Belsan is "atrocity"

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Thank you, I agree that's a much better word.