Posted on 05/07/2014 3:35:03 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
I can't keep up with it.
Under Janet Napolitano - and in the MSM then - an act of terrorism became known as (or redefined as) "man-caused disasters." Before that, under the Bush administration, it was defined as an act of "terrorism."
In the MSM, now, and to a large degree some Ukrainians are called terrorists. Sometimes they are called anti-Kiev protesters, or sometimes anti-government protesters. Should the MSM call Right Sector and others in Ukraine "terrorists"? One hardly ever even sees the word "fascist."
But when you look at the top four news articles cached on Yahoo.com, when entering the search words "Boko Haram Insurgents," you will see a CNN news piece entitled:
"Boko Haram, A Bloody Nigerian Insurgency, a Growing Challenge."
The New York Times has an article "Explaining Boko Haram, Nigeria's Islamist Insurgency."
Fox News has an article "Boko Haram terrorists, kidnap victims, believed hiding in vast and treacherous forest."
CBS News has a piece entitled "Nigerian militants kill "hundreds" in remote village"
#3, a Fox News article leads with "Boko Haram terrorists...," overriding the word "insurgents," whereas the #1, #2 and #4 news articles use "Insurgent" for Boko Haram.
precisely
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