Monday, August 11, 2014

"Terrorists"? Just because they behead kids?!

"Terrorists"? Just because they behead kids?!

August 11, 2014 al Qaeda , Iraq 1 Comments
Big 3 Do Not Call ISIS 'Terrorists'--They're 'Rebels' Or 'Militants'

By Matthew Balan, Aug. 9, 2014, Newbusters.org

The Big Three networks steered clear of labeling the Islamist group ISIS "terrorists" on their evening newscasts on Friday. Instead, ABC's World News and CBS Evening News labeled the genocidal radicals "militants." NBC Nightly News used the more benign "rebels" in their coverage of the group's latest attacks on the Kurdish part of Iraq.

The closest that a journalist at ABC, CBS, or NBC got to using the "terrorist" label was Scott Pelley's teaser at the very top of CBS Evening News:



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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousAugust 11, 2014 at 10:53 AM

    God forbid they tell it like it is. I suppose they would label Charles Manson as just lonely.

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