The media needs to quit using the term “hoax” in reference to situations like this.
This morning Fox and another network referred to the non-functional vest as a “hoax suicide vest”. That is a inane description as it minimizes the seriousness of the event, the person involved and the situation as a whole.
> This morning Fox and another network referred to the non-functional vest as a “hoax suicide vest”. <
If I were a UK official, and if I didn’t want to alarm the public, I’d describe a real suicide vest as a “hoax suicide vest”.
Just sayin’.
“The media needs to quit using the term “hoax” in reference to situations like this.”
I’m fine with it ... or “fake suicide vest”. Any rational person understands that one cannot tell the difference between a real or fake suicide vest at a distance.