[thechat] BBC won't use the word "terrorism"
Madhu Menon
webguru at vsnl.net
Mon Dec 3 09:23:15 CST 2001
This may be old news, but...
http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,7493,593696,00.html
<quote>
The BBC World Service has taken a policy decision not to describe the
attacks on the US as "terrorism".
Mark Damazer, the BBC's deputy director of news, said the service would
lose its reputation for impartiality around the world if it were seen to
use such a subjective term.
While guests and contributors to World Service programmes may describe the
deliberate flying of jet planes into the World Trade Centre as acts of
terror, news correspondents use more neutral terms such as "attack".
</quote>
Man, has the Beeb lost its spine or what!
Madhu
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