Saturday, July 09, 2005

Britain - BBC Discovers "Terror"

The BBC assured us in "The Power of Nightmares" that all this talk of terror networks is just a myth.

Further, in their editorial guidelines, The BBC tells us that "The word "terrorist" itself can be a barrier rather than an aid to understanding. We should try to avoid the term, without attribution."

Now that the terrorists have struck home, The BBC may change its tune.

Here is the BBC headline yesterday.

London rocked by terror attacks


But who knows, in the BBC's nuanced mind, a terror attack might be carried out by someone who is not a terrorist. We'll see.

UPDATE

Harry's Place has several more BBC examples including the use of the word terrorists.
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