Reuters: Not "terrorism," but "holy war"

Media Research Center's Cyberalert ^ | November 6, 2001 | Brent Baker

[Mr. Mulliner]

Reuters won’t allow its staff to use the terms "terrorist" or "terrorism," outside of a quotation, to describe the September 11 incidents, but as James Taranto highlighted in his "Best of the Web" column for OpinionJournal.com, the wire service has no problem describing "the war against America as a ‘holy’ one."

Taranto quoted from a Reuters dispatch by Sayed Salahuddin and Anton Ferreira, which carried a double byline of "Kabul/Washington." The second paragraph of the November 5 story:

"With the campaign now in its fifth week, a hard-line Pakistani Islamic party said on Monday that thousands of pro-Taliban fighters had crossed into Afghanistan, armed with rocket launchers and swords, to wage holy war against the United States."

To read the entire Reuters story, go to: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011105/ts/attack_dc_664.html

To refresh your memory on the Reuters refusal to use the word "terrorism," refer back to the September 25 CyberAlert which reported: There were no "terrorist attacks" on September 11, just "attacks" according to Reuters since the wire service decided that "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter." Following this decree, one Reuters story gave life to inanimate objects as a reporter asserted that "two hijacked planes attacked the twin towers." On Monday night FNC’s panel decried the values-neutral approach. Go to: http://www.mrc.org/news/cyberalert/2001/cyb20010925.asp#1

[Mr. Mulliner]

Don't get riled. I interpreted your statement the same way GuillermoX did and at least one other person on this thread did too.

[MHGinTN]

You're a fine one to call someone's intellect into question, Maroon:

If you disagree with this premise than how do you describe the American Revolutionaries? post #7

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[MHGinTN]

I'd say you should walk the plank, but the tea is probably still floating in the Boston Harbor, so you'd end up running away! LOL

[wwjdn]

I think that we should stop referring to them as "jouralists" and start calling them by their proper name....Fabricators. These "professionals" take stories that are important and shove them to page 3456 and "elaborate" (a fancy word for outright lie) on a story that the corporation wants publicized.

CNN is a prime example, see other posts on the CNN stories.

Thanks God that there are still a few "honest" reporters left, but they are fading fast.

[MHGinTN]

Sorry, I'm not into 'see' food. Bwahahaha