Posted on 07/12/2005 5:54:49 AM PDT by Tolik
When it happens on your own doorstep, in very familiar settings like the London "tube" or on a traditional red double-decker bus, right alongside the site of a building where Charles Dickens once lived, terrorism seems very different than it does when innocent people are murdered elsewhere.
Britain's first bus bombing took place barely half a mile from the BBC's central London headquarters, and for a day or so after last Thursday's multiple bomb attacks, the BBC, the influential leftist daily the Guardian, and even the British-based global news agency Reuters, all seemed to suddenly discover the words "terrorism" and "terrorist." In Saturday's Guardian, for example, one or other of these words appeared on each of the first eleven pages.
In marked contrast to BBC reports on bombs on public transport in Israel — bombs which in some cases were even worse than those in London, since some were specifically aimed at children, and most were packed with nails, screws, glass and specially-sharpened metal shards in order to maximize injuries — terms like "guerrilla," "militant," "activist" or "fighter" were suddenly nowhere to be seen.
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But the hope of many of the British taxpayers forced to fund the BBC that it had finally come to its senses and would henceforth call terror by its proper name, turned out to be short-lived. By Friday, the BBC's world service was slowly reverting to its old habits, both on air and on line. (Its domestic news broadcasts have for the time being continued using the word "terrorist.")
Presumably hoping that no one would notice, the BBC subtly and retroactively altered its initial texts about the bombs on both it British and international websites. ...<snip>....
(Excerpt) Read more at jewishworldreview.com ...
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It sucks that it took the London attack for some to get it.
Shouldn't that be:
European media elite finally discover "terrorism"
The columnist spoke too soon. The BBC has already reverted back to its norm. Here's a link with BBC threads on Free Republic.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;s=BBC
Unfortunately they still don't. Read post #6.
Actually, the title of the article is somewhat misleading, because after the first opening paragraphs, he spends all his time supporting your point.
I was careful to put some of it in the (mandatory) excerpt too.
They are back to militants and criminals..nary a terrorist is mentioned.
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